# Accident 20050623033329A: Cessna 152, Greenville, PA, June 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2005, 17:20 local time
- Place: Greenville, PA
- Airport: Greenville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4469° N, 80.3914° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4469&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46541, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46541) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050623033329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/23/2005 AT 1720 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N46541, A CE-152, WHEN HE MADE A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (4G1). THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD PANELS OF THE RIGHT WING, THE MASSAGER, PROPELLER, COWLING, FIREWALL, AND LOWER FORWARD FUSELAGE. THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER WERE DAMAGED BY TENSION APPLIED TO THE RUDDER CABLES WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND SO HE COULD MAKE THE MID FIELD TURNOFF BECAUSE ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD LANDED BEFORE HIM, OCCUPIED THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IN THE PROCESS OF FORCING THE LANDING, HE INDUCED A PORPOISING PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATION, BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT THREE TIMES, WHICH HE DID NOT RECOVER FROM. HE STATED THAT ON THE THIRD IMPACT, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED, AND THE NOSE AND PROPELLER OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE AS THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS NOT A FACTOR. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, THE RUNWAY WAS DRY, AND THE VISIBILITY AND CEILING WERE UNRESTRICTED.

## 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 NYC05CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA112), Jun 23, 2005: Cessna 152 (N46541), Greenville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare, and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a nose gear collapse while landing.

## Other reports on N46541 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810611056549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810611056549I), Jun 11, 1981: Cessna 152 (N46541), Van Vooris, PA, Minor damage. Za engine failed on training flight successful landing. Inspection found broken #3 piston connecting rod.

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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