# Accident 20010418007919A: Cessna 152, Chandler, AZ, April 18, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2001, 13:24 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2394° N, 111.7797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2394&lon=-111.7797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5377M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5377M-2013-01-31) (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 flight hours: 220 total, 220 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010418007919A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON APRIL 18, 2001, AT 1324 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N5377M, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE CHANDLER, ARIZONA, AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; HOWEVER, THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. SUNBIRD FLIGHT SERVICES, INC., WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AND IT WAS RENTED BY THE PILOT FOR A LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CHANDLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ABOUT 1230. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT TOLD A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR THAT AS HE COMPLETED HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22L, HE MISJUDGED HIS HEIGHT ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND FLARED TOO HIGH. THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES. ON THE FINAL BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A POSTACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FIREWALL HAD BEEN DAMAGED.       (-23)PILOT RETURNED TO THE CHANDLER, AZ AIRPORT AFTER A LOCAL FLIGHT.  AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND.  ON ATTEMPTED LANDING, PILOT REPORTS THAT HE FLARED TOO HIGH TO A STALL.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AN ESTIMATED THREE TIMES AND FINALLY LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCR AFT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 22L. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE STALL WARNING HORN WHILE LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNT, ENGINE COWLING, AND FIRE WALL.  THE LEFT WING AND WING TIP WAS ALSO DAMAGED.  AT THIS TIME, NO CAUSAL FACTORS ARE KNOWN.                                 (.4) ON APRIL 18, 2001, AT 1324 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N5377M, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE CHANDLER, ARIZONA, AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. SUNBIRD FLIGHT SERVICES, INC., WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AND IT WAS RENTED BY THE PILOT FOR A LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CHANDLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ABOUT 1230. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT TOLD A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR THAT AS HE COMPLETED HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22L, HE MISJUDGED HIS HEIGHT ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND FLARED TOO HIGH. THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES. ON THE FINAL BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A POSTAC CIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FIREWALL HAD BEEN DAMAGED.

## 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 LAX01LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA151), Apr 18, 2001: Cessna 152 (N5377M), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's premature flare, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and a bounced landing. A factor was the improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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