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FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Bonifay, FL · February 4, 2017

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Date
February 4, 2017 · 14:30 local
Place
Bonifay, FL
Airport
Tri-County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6318M
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
47 total40 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days
N6318MRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Cessna 152S/N 15284670 · Built 1980Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman was returning to home airport during initial solo cross country. Airman had difficulty finding the airport until he recognized the interstate nearby. Airman entered traffic pattern 1500 feet above traffic pattern altitude and on base leg to runway 01. Airman attempted to land from a steep approach with higher than normal airspeed. Airman touched down 1500 feet from approach end of the runway, bounced into the air approximately 10 - 15 feet, and then attempted to straightened the airplane prior to touch down by lower the left wing. Airplane likely touched down a second time in a nose high attitude, with a high sink rate and with left wing low. Left wing tip struck the ground and aircraft continued to veer to the right off the runway and into the grass. Aircraft came to rest in a ditch which is located 50 -75 feet from and parallel to the runway. Aircraft was facing east. Substantial damage included wrinkled firewall and broken motor mounts. Left wing tip dented and one propeller blade bent.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS RETURNING TO HOME AIRPORT DURING INITIAL SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. AIRMAN HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING THE AIRPORT UNTIL HE RECOGNIZED THE INTERSTATE NEARBY. AIRMAN ENTERED TRAFFIC PATTERN 1500 FEET ABOVE TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE AND ON BASE LEG TO RUNWAY 01. AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO LAND FROM A STEEP APPROACH WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED. AIRMAN TOUCHED DOWN 1500 FEET FROM APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED INTO THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 10 - 15 FEET, AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTENED THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN BY LOWER THE LEFT WING. AIRPLANE LIKELY TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, WITH A HIGH SINK RATE AND WITH LEFT WING LOW. LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A DITCH WHICH IS LOCATED 50 -75 FEET FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS FACING EAST. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE INCLUDED WRINKLED FIREWALL AND BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS. LEFT WING TIP DENTED AND ONE PROPELLER BLADE BENT.