# Accident 20060825018439A: Cessna 152, Gainesville, TX, August 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2006, 12:10 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6514° N, 97.1981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6514&lon=-97.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6102Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6102Q-2017-12-22) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060825018439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AND WAS ATTEMPTING HIS THIRD LANDING AT GAINESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR AND MAIN LANDING GEAR BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES IN AN OSCILLATING (PORPOISE) MOTION UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 17 WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS COUNSELED.

## 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 DFW06CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA202), Aug 25, 2006: Cessna 152 (N6102Q), Gainesville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a porpoise.

## Other reports on N6102Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20120521012499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120521012499A), May 21, 2012: Cessna 152 (N6102Q), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. Aircraft performed touch and go landing at Ardmore, Oklahoma downtown executive airport (kahd)heading northbound. As the aircraft was climbing out on take off…
- [Incident 20110421007639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110421007639I), Apr 21, 2011: Cessna 152 (N6102Q), Denton, TX, Minor damage. On April 21, 2011, at approximately 1932 central daylight time (CDT), a Cessna, 152, N6102Q, owned and operated by u. s. aviation group LLC, dba U.S. Flight…

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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