# Accident 20051028028439A: Cessna 152, Titusville, FL, October 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2005, 14:00 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Center Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5147° N, 80.7992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5147&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49005, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49005) (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 O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051028028439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 36, AT SPACECOAST REGIONAL AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ONCE AND BOUNCED. AFTER BOUNCING IT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE HARD LANDING SHEARED THE NOSE GEAR, ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. A LATER INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE ALSO REVEALED FIREWALL DAMAGE JUST BELOW THE BATTERY MOUNT.

## 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 MIA06CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA012), Oct 28, 2005: Cessna 152 (N49005), Titusville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing resulting in substantial damage to the airplane.

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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