# Accident 20040803023259A: Cessna 152, Sarasota-Braden, FL, August 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2004, 11:58 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3956° N, 82.5544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3956&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N218JA) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040803023259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2004, AT 10:58 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 152 N218JA, REGISTERED TO JONES FLYING SERVICE, INC. COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE LANDING AT SARASOTA (SRQ) AIRPORT, SARASOTA, FLORIDA WHILE ON THE PILOTS FIRST SOLO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SARASOTA, FLORIDA.

## 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 MIA04CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA116), Aug 3, 2004: Cessna 152 (N218JA), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's incorrect recovery following a bounced landing resulting in a hard landing and collapse of the nose landing gear.

## Other reports on N218JA (2)

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

- [Incident 20000401014809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000401014809I), Apr 1, 2000: Cessna 152 (N218JA), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated he was landing at Melbourne airport on runway 9R with both main landing gear on the runway when a gust of wind lifted the right wing.…
- [Accident 19870316007989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870316007989A), Mar 16, 1987: Cessna 152 (N218JA), Sarasota - Brad, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway during landing. Student attempted a downwind landing.

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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