# Accident 20160224024159A: Cessna 152, Pullman, WA, February 24, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Pullman, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7439° N, 117.1094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7439&lon=-117.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152LC-2020-08-02) (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: 44 total, 29 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160224024159A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTS LANDING DURING SOLO FLIGHT TRAINING.  A HARD LANDING OCCURS, RESULTING IN THE COMPROMISE OF THE ENGINE AND STRUT MOUNT, AS WELL AS THE STEERING RODS.  THE RESULTING FAILURES THEN PREVENT ACCURATE GROUND STEERING OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND AS A RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTS THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST INVERTED.  THE RESULTING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 WPR16LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA076), Feb 24, 2016: Cessna 152 (N152LC), Pullman, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing approach, which resulted in a hard landing and the subsequent overstress failure of the nose landing gear.

## Other reports on N152LC (1)

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

- [Incident 20050218002659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050218002659I), Feb 18, 2005: Cessna 152 (N152LC), Potlatch, ID. (-23) N152LC was on a training flight and made a forced landing on a farm field between pullman and palouse due to a rough engine. The landing was successful…

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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