# Accident 20030407004519A: Cessna 152, Durant, OK, April 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2003, 15:20 local time
- Place: Durant, OK
- Airport: Eaker Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9422° N, 96.3944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9422&lon=-96.3944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N116SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N116SS-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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030407004519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THEN BOUNCED AGAIN TO A HEIGHT OF 20-30 FEET. THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE DROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE LANDING GEAR BENDING IT AFT. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP UPRIGHT ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW03LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA127), Apr 7, 2003: Cessna 152 (N116SS), Durant, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing and his improper recovery procedures for a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N116SS (1)

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

- [Accident 19910410009739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910410009739A), Apr 10, 1991: Cessna 152 (N116SS), Durant, OK, Substantial damage. Landed aircraft on edge of runway drifting sideways. Lost control and ran into a fence.

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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