# Accident 20130823019109A: Cessna 152, Easton, MD, August 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2013, 10:34 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7972° N, 76.0719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7972&lon=-76.0719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4922P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4922P-2015-05-21) (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: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA379) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130823019109A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM PATUXENT, MD, PATUXENT RIVER NAS (KNHK) TO EASTON, MD (KESN).  WHILE MAKING HER FIRST LANDING AT KESN THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE AND THEN LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE.   THIS RESULTED IN COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, BENDING THE PROP, AND SCRAPING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE COWLING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE WINDS WERE CALM.  THE ACCIDENT WAS OBSERVED BY THE ESN ATCT.

## 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 ERA13LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA379), Aug 23, 2013: Cessna 152 (N4922P), Easton, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The use of an improper nose landing gear through bolt, which decreased the overall strength of the gear and resulted in overload failure during a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the…

## Other reports on N4922P (1)

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

- [Accident 19870510012889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870510012889A), May 10, 1987: Cessna 152 (N4922P), Okmulgee, OK, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed on touchdown. Cause is undetermined. No landing gear defects noted.

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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