# Accident 20030405003939A: Cessna 152, Summerville, SC, April 5, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2003, 11:15 local time
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Airport: Summerville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0511° N, 80.2678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0511&lon=-80.2678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6599B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6599B-2005-11-21) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 151 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405003939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT INDICATED THAT HE TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 24 AND MADE A TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND ON THE SAME RUNWAY. ON SHORT FINAL, THE PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND THEN A GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO COME UP. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE BACKWARD.

## 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 ATL03LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA074), Apr 5, 2003: Cessna 152 (N6599B), Summerville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N6599B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870508035789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870508035789I), May 8, 1987: Cessna 152 (N6599B), Lawrenceville, GA, Minor damage. Aircraft veered off the runway during rollout. Solo student claimed a quartering tailwind on rollout.

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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