# Accident 20000207012789A: Cessna 152, Louisburg, NC, February 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Louisburg, NC
- Airport: Franklin County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1004° N, 78.2894° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1004&lon=-78.2894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69174, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69174-2018-10-09) (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 O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207012789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO LANDING HE FLARED HIGH AND EARLY. THIS CAUSED THE A/C TO LAND HARD AND BOUNCE. AS THE A/C BOUNCED DOWN THE RUNWAY IT LANDED ON ITS NOSEWHEEL AND THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE A/C THEN EXITED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A SNOWBANK ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WHERE IT CAME TO REST. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE RADIOED THE FBO FOR ASSISTANCE AND THEN SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. (.4)ON FEBRUARY 7, 2000, ABOUT 1630 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N69174, REGISTERED TO CHALLENGE AIR, LLC., OPERATED BY FIRST IN FLIGHT AVIATION, EXPERIENCED COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHILE LANDING AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AIRPORT, LOUISBURG, NORTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 24 MINUTES EARLIER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS- COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE WAS ON HIS SECOND TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING AND HAD TURNED BASE AND FINAL. AFTER CROSSING OVER THE THRESHOLD WITH THE FLAPS FULL      Y EXTENDED, HE FLARED TOO SOON AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO FLOAT. THE AIRPLANE THEN TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED, AND WHILE AIRBORNE, HE APPLIED AFT ELEVATOR CONTROL INPUT BUT DID NOT APPLY POWER. THE AIRPLANE THEN STALLED, IMPACTED HARD ON THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, THEN BOUNCED AND TOUCHED DOWN A THIRD TIME OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE ALSO COLLIDED WITH A 2-3 FOOT HIGH SNOWBANK OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AN AUTOMATED METAR WEATHER OBSERVATION TAKEN ON THE AIRPORT ABOUT 26 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT INDICATES IN PART THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 280 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS.

## 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 MIA00LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA085), Feb 7, 2000: Cessna 152 (N69174), Louisburg, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper recovery from the bounced landing by the pilot-in-command for his failure to apply power and inadvertent stall by the pilot-in-command resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor…

## Other reports on N69174 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19811231088279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811231088279I), Dec 31, 1981: Cessna 152 (N69174), Elyria, OH, Minor damage. Student pilot ran off side of runway into a snow bank on the landing roll.

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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