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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Stillwater, OK · April 28, 2017

Date: April 28, 2017 · 11:30 local
Place: Stillwater, OK
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N94551
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: 48 total48 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N94551Registration cancelled Dec 4, 2018 · Cessna 152S/N 15285716 · Built 1983 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine 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.

Student pilot on solo practice area flight was atempting his second landing after returning to the airport. On the second landing the student pilot was extended downwind and caused the student to be high on his approach to the runway. The students attempt to save the approach caused the aircraft to come in at a steeper than normal decent and the student hit hard on the mains at first. On the second and following 3 bounces the nose wheel hit first. On the final hit the nose wheel collapsed and the aircraft skidded to a rest standing on the lower left of the nose balanced by the left wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO PRACTICE AREA FLIGHT WAS ATEMPTING HIS SECOND LANDING AFTER RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. ON THE SECOND LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT WAS EXTENDED DOWNWIND AND CAUSED THE STUDENT TO BE HIGH ON HIS APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENTS ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE APPROACH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO COME IN AT A STEEPER THAN NORMAL DECENT AND THE STUDENT HIT HARD ON THE MAINS AT FIRST. ON THE SECOND AND FOLLOWING 3 BOUNCES THE NOSE WHEEL HIT FIRST. ON THE FINAL HIT THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A REST STANDING ON THE LOWER LEFT OF THE NOSE BALANCED BY THE LEFT WING TIP.