What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(.19) On December 5, 1999, about 0940 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N49328, registered to a private individual, operating as a title 14 CFR part 91 personal flight, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at Venice Municipal Airport, Venice, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from sarasota, Florida, about 1 hour 10 minutes before the accident. According to the operator, the airplane experienced a landing hard enough to collapse the nose landing gear, and damage the wing spars and the firewall. The pilot stated this was his third touch-and-go landing. (-23) on December 5, 1999, at approx. 1100 EST, a Cessna 152, N49328, registered to privacy data omitted and leased to Florida flight center, sarasota, Florida, made a hard landing at the Venice Municipal Airport, Venice, Florida, while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed or required. The a/c was substantially damaged with plastic deformation of the right wing spar and skin near the wing root. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated at the sarasota-bradenton international airport, sarasota, Florida. (.4)on December 5,1999, about 0940 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N49328, registered to a private individual, operating as a title 14 CFR part 91 personal flight, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at Venice Municipal Airport, Venice, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the same airport about 5 minutes before the accident. According to the pilot, he had previously completed two touch-and-go landings and one full-stop landing to the same runway. On this particular landing, he stated he was slipping the aircraft to correct for a left crosswind, and his perception was that the main landing gear touched down hard almost simultaneously with nose gear touch down, followed by a right roll that caused a propeller and right wing tip strike of the runway. The airplane sustained a collapsed nose landing gear, damage to the right wing spar, propeller, and spinner. According to an FAA inspector, the pilot stated to him that he misjudged the crosswind, resulting in his applying incorrect crosswind controls resulting in the hard landing. The hard landing caused deformation of the right wing spar and landing gear.
As the FAA filed it
(.19) ON DECEMBER 5, 1999, ABOUT 0940 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N49328, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VENICE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SARASOTA, FLORIDA, ABOUT 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A LANDING HARD ENOUGH TO COLLAPSE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND DAMAGE THE WING SPARS AND THE FIREWALL. THE PILOT STATED THIS WAS HIS THIRD TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. (-23) ON DECEMBER 5, 1999, AT APPROX. 1100 EST, A CESSNA 152, N49328, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ AND LEASED TO FLORIDA FLIGHT CENTER, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VENICE, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED OR REQUIRED. THE A/C WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WITH PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF THE RIGHT WING SPAR AND SKIN NEAR THE WING ROOT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SARASOTA, FLORIDA. (.4)ON DECEMBER 5,1999, ABOUT 0940 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N49328, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VENICE, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAME AIRPORT ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED TWO TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AND ONE FULL-STOP LANDING TO THE SAME RUNWAY. ON THIS PARTICULAR LANDING, HE STATED HE WAS SLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT TO CORRECT FOR A LEFT CROSSWIND, AND HIS PERCEPTION WAS THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN HARD ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH NOSE GEAR TOUCH DOWN, FOLLOWED BY A RIGHT ROLL THAT CAUSED A PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING TIP STRIKE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED A COLLAPSED NOSE LANDING GEAR, DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR, PROPELLER, AND SPINNER. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE PILOT STATED TO HIM THAT HE MISJUDGED THE CROSSWIND, RESULTING IN HIS APPLYING INCORRECT CROSSWIND CONTROLS RESULTING IN THE HARD LANDING. THE HARD LANDING CAUSED DEFORMATION OF THE RIGHT WING SPAR AND LANDING GEAR.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.