# Accident 20121029024029A: Cessna 152, Long Beach, CA, October 29, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2012, 23:45 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach, Ca
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8172° N, 118.1511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8172&lon=-118.1511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48340, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48340) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121029024029A

## Narrative

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

ON PILOTS' SECOND "SOLO" LANDING IN CE-152 WITH CFI OBSERVING FROM SIDE OF RUNWAY, THE CFI WITNESSED UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PILOT APPEARED TO LOWER THE NOSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A SECOND TIME, AND AGAIN THE PILOT APPEARED TO DROP THE NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY, AND BEGAN TO TRACK TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND DUE TO THE BUCKLED ENGINE MOUNT FROM HARD NOSE LANDING.

## 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 WPR13CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA032), Oct 29, 2012: Cessna 152 (N48340), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare and recovery from a bounced landing.

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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