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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Omaha, NE · November 8, 2000

Date: November 8, 2000 · 16:56 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N669NE
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 19 total19 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N669NERegistered now · Cessna 152S/N 15285368 · Built 1981 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.

(-23) Student pilot was making first solo flight at (oma), on first landing. The pilot stated that everything was normal on approach. After the threshold the pilot went to flare and pulled back too hard on the yoke causing the a/c to bounce on the runway. The a/c bounced twice prior to the nose landing gear wheel breaking loose. Damage to the a/c consisted of minor damage to the nose landing gear. The propeller and the engine mount which was bentat the nose landing gear strut housing. The pilot was not injured and damage to the a/c is minor in nature.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AT (OMA), ON FIRST LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL ON APPROACH. AFTER THE THRESHOLD THE PILOT WENT TO FLARE AND PULLED BACK TOO HARD ON THE YOKE CAUSING THE A/C TO BOUNCE ON THE RUNWAY. THE A/C BOUNCED TWICE PRIOR TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL BREAKING LOOSE. DAMAGE TO THE A/C CONSISTED OF MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PROPELLER AND THE ENGINE MOUNT WHICH WAS BENTAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT HOUSING. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND DAMAGE TO THE A/C IS MINOR IN NATURE.