# Accident 20090628047389A: Cessna 152, Mt. Pleasant, SC, June 28, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2009, 09:00 local time
- Place: Mt. Pleasant, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8919° N, 79.7764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8919&lon=-79.7764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49897, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49897-2009-08-31) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA373) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090628047389A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT MT. PLEASANT AIRPORT, (LRO) NEAR CHARLESTON, SC.  THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED 3 TIMES, THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND THEN WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  WHILE LEAVING THE RUNWAY, BOTH WING TIPS TOUCHED THE GROUND. NO INJURIES  TO THE STUDENT PIILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA09CA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA373), Jun 28, 2009: Cessna 152 (N49897), Mt. Pleasant, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N49897 (2)

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

- [Incident 19850303024599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850303024599I), Mar 3, 1985: Cessna 152 (N49897), Chester, SC, Minor damage. While circling to announce arrival to persons on ground aircraft struck a powerline. Landed in field.
- [Incident 19810912066649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810912066649I), Sep 12, 1981: Cessna 152 (N49897), Edisto Beach, SC, Minor damage. Za engine running rough. Landed on the Beach. Damaged nose gear. Engine problem unidentified.

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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