# Accident 20021010026859A: Cessna 152, Tulsa, OK, October 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2002, 17:57 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GH8S
- Location: 36.0397° N, 95.9847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0397&lon=-95.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520SU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N520SU-2012-12-26) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021010026859A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON OCTOBER 10, 2002, AT 1757 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N520SU, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT, TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE STUDENT PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FLIGHT CENTER, TULSA, AND REGISTERED TO CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION INC., WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM TULSA AT 1730. IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS AND TRYING TO "LAND ON THE NUMBERS." AFTER THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED, THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND BROUGHT THE NOSE UP TO AN EXCESSIVE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY STALLED AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY JUST TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE. AN FAA INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, REPORTED THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR HAD SEPARATED, FOUR FEET OF THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED, AND THE FIREWALL HAD SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23) DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE INVESTIGATORS, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS AND WAS TRYING TO "LAND ON THE NUMBERS". AFTER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED, THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND BROUGHT THE NOSE UP TO AN EXCESSIVE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY STALLED AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY JUST TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE IN A NOSE LOW, LEFT WING ATTITUDE.

## 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 FTW03LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA009), Oct 10, 2002: Cessna 152 (N520SU), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain airspeed. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to align with the runway.

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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