# Accident 20031115035919A: Cessna 152, Ormond Beach, FL, November 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2003, 11:02 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3008° N, 81.1203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3008&lon=-81.1203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24887, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24887) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031115035919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT IN THE PATTERN PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO. MAIN RUNWAY (8) REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO A DISSABLED AIRCRAFT. HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN. RUNWAY CHANGED TO ALTERNATIVE AND BEFORE STUDENT COULD GET REPOSITIONED FOR ALTERNATE, THE MAIN RUNWAY REOPENED. STUDENT FLUSTERED AT ALL OF THE REPOSITIONING WITH THE PATTERN FULL OF OTHER AIRCRAFT POSITIONING TO LAND ALSO. STUDENT FELT RUSHED TO ACCOMPLISH LANDING. AIRCRAFT STALLED EARLY CAUSING HARD LANDING AND STUDENT FAILED TO ADD POWER, ALLOWING AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE. ON THIRD PORPOISE/BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE/PROP ENGAGED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 8.

## 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 MIA04CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA025), Nov 15, 2003: Cessna 152 (N24887), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing and damage to the airplane.

## Other reports on N24887 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790507018079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790507018079A), May 7, 1979: Cessna 152 (N24887), Cashmere, WA, Substantial damage. Made downwind landing. Hit tree during go-around. Remained airborne, landed safely.

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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