# Accident 20010729019319A: Cessna 152, Naples, FL, July 29, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 29, 2001, 11:53 local time - Place: Naples, FL - Airport: Naples Municipal - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 26.1525° N, 81.7756° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1525&lon=-81.7756&mi=10 - Aircraft: N944AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N944AC-2007-08-23) (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 - Pilot certificates: Student - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA198) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010729019319A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JULY 29, 2001, ABOUT 1153 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N944AC, REGISTERED TO NAPLES AIR CENTER, INC., RAN OFF THE RUNWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NAPLES, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY A POSTCRASH FIRE AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS N0T INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM NAPLES, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1145. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE NOSE CAME UP SLIGHTLY. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND HE WAS THINKING OF PERFORMING A GO-AROUND. THE AIRPLANE THEN ROLLED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AND AT THIS POINT WAS COMING DOWN AGAIN. HE FELT A GO-AROUND WAS NOT POSSIBLE. HE THEN FELT A HOT RUSH OF AIR ON HIS LEGS, THE FRONT NOSE TIPPED DOWN, AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. HE HELD THE YOKE AND WAITED UNTIL THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP. HE THEN TRANSMITTED TO THE CONTROL TOWER CONTROLLER THAT HE WAS ALRIGHT AND HE THEN SAW SMOKE AND FELT FLAMES SHOOT OUT TOWARDS HIS RIGHT LEG. HE THEN EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE AND WHEN HE TURNED AROUND HE SAW THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS ON FIRE. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED HE HAD FLOWN WITH THE STUDENT EARLIER IN THE MORNING. HE THEN ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO FLY ON A SOLO FLIGHT AND WENT TO THE CONTROL TOWER TO OBSERVE THE STUDENT'S SOLO FLIGHT. THE STUDENT FLEW A NORMAL TAKEOFF AND TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE STUDENT APPEARED TO FLARE CORRECTLY AND TOUCH DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN LANDED ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, WHICH BENT BACK. THE AIRPLANE SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE AND THEN THE ENGINE OF THE AIRPLANE CAUGHT FIRE. (-23) COUNSELING FOR THE STUDENT PILOT-ADDITIONAL TRAINING BY HIS SCHOOL. 44709 REEXAM FOR THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (1ST SUPERVISED SOLO). ## 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 MIA01LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA198), Jul 29, 2001: Cessna 152 (N944AC), Naples, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a hard landing on the nose landing gear, collapse of the nose landing, the airplane sliding off the runway, and the airplane… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.