# Accident 20170204000849A: Cessna 152, Bonifay, FL, February 4, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2017, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bonifay, FL
- Airport: Tri-County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8439° N, 85.6017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-COUNTY (BCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8439&lon=-85.6017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6318M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6318M-2018-07-12) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 40 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170204000849A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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