# Accident 20100304028419A: Cessna 152, Hearne, TX, March 4, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Hearne, TX
- Airport: Hearne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DU8S
- Location: 30.8697° N, 96.6197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8697&lon=-96.6197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6503M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6503M) (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: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100304028419A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN EXTREME NOSE DOWN CONDITION. UPON LANDING NOSE WHEEL COLAPSED AFT AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN10CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA137), Mar 4, 2010: Cessna 152 (N6503M), Hearne, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's decision to land with a quartering tailwind and his improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N6503M (1)

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

- [Incident 19810801061859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810801061859I), Aug 1, 1981: Cessna 152 (N6503M), Idaho Falls, ID, Minor damage. Student failed to flare aircraft on landing. Hard landing damaged propeller,engine mount. Nose gear and cowling.

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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