19990825024869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Poughkeepsie, NY · August 25, 1999

Date: August 25, 1999 · 10:00 local
Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
Airport: Dutchess County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N94570
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 18 total18 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N94570Registered now · Cessna 152S/N 15285732 · Built 1983 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The incident flight was a student pilot's first solo flight in a Cessna 152. After completing one pattern to a successful landing and subsequent takeoff the student flared late on landing and bounced, porpoising the aircraft. During the porpoise he lost directional control and departed the prepared runway surface. The aircraft impacted a runway edge light and a taxiway light and came to a stop approximately 150 feet to the left of the runway surface in the grass. There was a cut in the nose tire and no other damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE INCIDENT FLIGHT WAS A STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN A CESSNA 152. AFTER COMPLETING ONE PATTERN TO A SUCCESSFUL LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT TAKEOFF THE STUDENT FLARED LATE ON LANDING AND BOUNCED, PORPOISING THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE PORPOISE HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE PREPARED RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AND A TAXIWAY LIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE IN THE GRASS. THERE WAS A CUT IN THE NOSE TIRE AND NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.