# Accident 20081103850159A: Cessna 152, Houston, TX, November 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2008, 11:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IUFS
- Location: 30.0733° N, 95.5547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0733&lon=-95.5547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47221, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47221-2009-07-22) (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: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081103850159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N47221, PILOTED BY STUDENT PILOT, MAKING SOLO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 17R AT DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT, BOUNCED AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, ON THIRD BOUNCE, AIRCRAFT LANDED ON NOSE GEAR FIRST, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, BOTH PROP BLADES WERE DAMAGED, FIREWALL HAS DAMAGE, NOSE GEAR BENT BACKWARDS.  NO INJURIES TO PILOT.

## 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 CEN09CA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA048), Nov 3, 2008: Cessna 152 (N47221), Spring, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the student pilot to apply appropriate actions following a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N47221 (1)

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

- [Incident 20011223037659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011223037659I), Dec 23, 2001: Cessna 152 (N47221), Navasota, TX. (-23) On 12/23/01 about 2323Z pilot matthew lane reported to ATC that he suspected that he was suffering from carbon monoxide inhalation. He reported that he…

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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