# Accident 20120821016919A: Cessna 152, Deland, FL, August 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2012, 14:58 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland-Taylor Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0697° N, 81.2806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0697&lon=-81.2806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49054, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49054-2017-07-12) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 411 total, 98 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA521](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA521) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120821016919A

## Narrative

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

DURING ATTEMPTED LANDING ON DELAND (KDED) RUNWAY 23, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF CONTROL ON TOUCHDOWN, RESULTING IN PORPOISING, NOSEWHEEL & PROPELLER STRIKE, AND SEPARATION OF NOSEWHEEL FROM AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED IN GRASS ALONGSIDE LEFT (SOUTH) SIDE OF RUNWAY.  VERTICAL STABILIZER BENT AT TOP DUE TO IMPACT FORCES AS IT INVERTED; LEFT WING SPAR DAMAGE SUSPECTED DUE TO POST-IMPACT WING DISTORTION AND MISALIGNMENT WITH AIRFRAME.PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES; AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.PILOT STATED SHE OBSERVED RAPIDLY DETERIORATING WEATHER IN VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT (KDED) AND ELECTED TO LAND.  PILOT STATED SHE FELT TURBULENCE ON DOWNWIND; INTENSITY INCREASED AS APPROACH PROGRESSED.  PILOT STATED WORST TURBULENCE WAS JUST PAST THE TREE LINE ON SHORT FINAL.  PILOT STATED SHE WAS USING PARTIAL FLAPS, APPROX 15-20 DEG.  PILOT STATED SHE DID NOT CONSIDER DIVERTING TO ANOTHER AIRPORT, DUE TO ENGINE HAVING JUST BEEN OVERHAULED.PILOT STATED THE APPROACH BECAME UNSTABLE IN-CLOSE, AND SHE ELECTED TO GO AROUND.  PILOT RECOLLECTION SKETCHY THEREAFTER.   AIRCRAFT MADE GROUND CONTACT AT LOW POWER SETTING AND HIGH ANGLE OF IMPACT ONTO NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER.  NOSEWHEEL SEPARATED, AIRCRAFT SLID OFF LEFT SHOULDER AND FLIPPED AS NOSE STRUT DUG INTO EARTH.THE KDED 1855Z AWOS REPORT INDICATED WINDS FROM 310 DEG (T) AT 25 KT, GUSTING TO 34 KT.  FOR RUNWAY 23, THIS WOULD MEAN A RIGHT CROSSWIND OF AT LEAST 23 KT, GUSTING AS HIGH AS 33 KT.  MOREOVER, RADAR IMAGERY FROM THE 1909Z NWS RADAR AT MELBOURNE INDICATED STRONG CELLS JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.

## 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 ERA12CA521](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA521), Aug 21, 2012: Cessna 152 (N49054), Deland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control on final approach in gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to operate in an environment of thunderstorms and…

## Other reports on N49054 (2)

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

- [Incident 20060822018219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060822018219I), Aug 22, 2006: Cessna 152 (N49054), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Student was on take-off from rwy 7R at lift off the aircraft would not climb and then sank back onto the runway. The aircraft ran off end of runway.
- [Accident 19870219003959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870219003959A), Feb 19, 1987: Cessna 152 (N49054), Plano, TX, Substantial damage. The student pilot over controlled on landing and the aircraft veered off the runway.

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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