# Incident 20050615013419I: Cessna 152, Terre Haute, IN, June 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Hulman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4667° N, 87.4139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terre Haute, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-87.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523HF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N523HF-2012-04-05) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050615013419I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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