# Accident 20010225003179A: Cessna 152, Naples, FL, February 25, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2001, 08:10 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1542° N, 81.7814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1542&lon=-81.7814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N942AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N942AC-2004-08-25) (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: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010225003179A

## Narrative

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

(.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.

## 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 MIA01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA086), Feb 25, 2001: Cessna 152 (N942AC), Naples, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during landing due to his improper landing flare height and improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a 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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