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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Terre Haute, IN · June 15, 2005

Date: June 15, 2005 · 11:00 local
Place: Terre Haute, IN
Airport: Hulman Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N523HF
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 570 total200 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N523HFRegistration cancelled Apr 5, 2012 · Cessna 152S/N 15284828 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Instructional flight being conducted at the Terre Haute airport (huf) was attempting to land on runway 32 with the winds out of the west gusting to 24 knots. Instructor stated that during the "flair" the aircraft "ballooned" and the instructor attempted to assist his student. The aircraft dropped hard, bouncing back into the air. On the second and third bounce the aircraft struck its nose gear first causing the nose gear to fail and causing a propeller strike.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED AT THE TERRE HAUTE AIRPORT (HUF) WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32 WITH THE WINDS OUT OF THE WEST GUSTING TO 24 KNOTS. INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT DURING THE "FLAIR" THE AIRCRAFT "BALLOONED" AND THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HIS STUDENT. THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED HARD, BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR. ON THE SECOND AND THIRD BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ITS NOSE GEAR FIRST CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FAIL AND CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE.