What happened
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(.19) On February 25, 2001, about 0810 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N942AC, registered to Naples air center, inc. operating as a title 14 CFR part 91 instructional flight, sustained a hard landing and excursion off the side of the runway at Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured and the aircraft received substantial damage. Teh flight departed the same airport at about 0720. According to the student pilot, during his landing attempt he flared too high, resulting in a hard touchdown and high bounce. Rather than perform a go-around, he attempted to salvage the bounced landing, and got into a porpoise that eventually fractured and separated the nose strut. (-23)a student pilot landing the aircraft with a crosswind and gusty winds made a hard landing. The aircraft bounced back into the air twice on the second bounce the aircraft landed on the nose gear breaking off the nose wheel at the fork. The nose gear strut folded under the fuselage. The student pilot was not injured. When the aircraft bounced it took the student pil ot by surprise. He did not react to correct the situation. (.4) on February 25, 2001, about 0810 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N942AC, registered to Naples air center, inc., operating as a title 14 CFR part 91 instructional flight, sustained a hard landing and excursion off the side of the runway at Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured and the aircraft received substantial damage. The flight departed the same airport at about 0720. According to the student pilot, during his landing attempt he flared too high, resulting in a hard touchdown and high bounce. While in the bounce, he lowered the nose, and got into a porpoise that eventually fractured and separated the nose strut. According to an FAA inspector, the student was landing into a 40-degree crosswind of 12 knots, gusting to 15 knots. The flight was the student's fourth solo flight and the first time he had used runway 14. The hard landing and bounce was a condition that the student had not seen before, and the proper corrective action was not performed.
As the FAA filed it
(.19) ON FEBRUARY 25, 2001, ABOUT 0810 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N942AC, REGISTERED TO NAPLES AIR CENTER, INC. OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING AND EXCURSION OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NAPLES, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. TEH FLIGHT DEPARTED THE SAME AIRPORT AT ABOUT 0720. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, DURING HIS LANDING ATTEMPT HE FLARED TOO HIGH, RESULTING IN A HARD TOUCHDOWN AND HIGH BOUNCE. RATHER THAN PERFORM A GO-AROUND, HE ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE BOUNCED LANDING, AND GOT INTO A PORPOISE THAT EVENTUALLY FRACTURED AND SEPARATED THE NOSE STRUT. (-23)A STUDENT PILOT LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WITH A CROSSWIND AND GUSTY WINDS MADE A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR TWICE ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR BREAKING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL AT THE FORK. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED IT TOOK THE STUDENT PIL OT BY SURPRISE. HE DID NOT REACT TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. (.4) ON FEBRUARY 25, 2001, ABOUT 0810 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N942AC, REGISTERED TO NAPLES AIR CENTER, INC., OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING AND EXCURSION OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NAPLES, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE SAME AIRPORT AT ABOUT 0720. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, DURING HIS LANDING ATTEMPT HE FLARED TOO HIGH, RESULTING IN A HARD TOUCHDOWN AND HIGH BOUNCE. WHILE IN THE BOUNCE, HE LOWERED THE NOSE, AND GOT INTO A PORPOISE THAT EVENTUALLY FRACTURED AND SEPARATED THE NOSE STRUT. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE STUDENT WAS LANDING INTO A 40-DEGREE CROSSWIND OF 12 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 15 KNOTS. THE FLIGHT WAS THE STUDENT'S FOURTH SOLO FLIGHT AND THE FIRST TIME HE HAD USED RUNWAY 14. THE HARD LANDING AND BOUNCE WAS A CONDITION THAT THE STUDENT HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE, AND THE PROPER CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS NOT PERFORMED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.