# Accident 19991205035099A: Cessna 152, Venice, FL, December 5, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1999, 09:40 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49328, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49328) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235N2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 160 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991205035099A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA042), Dec 5, 1999: Cessna 152 (N49328), Venice, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing and a collapsed nose landing gear.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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