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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Miami, FL · June 29, 2017

Date
June 29, 2017 · 18:20 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Miami Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
D4RS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N53396
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA17CA221
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
59 total59 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

This flight was the student pilot's first solo flight. Upon landing the airplane on runway 09L at the Miami Executive Airport, the airplane bounced off the runway 3 times. On the third bounce the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane slid to a stop and the pilot exited the airplane on his own power. The prop blades were bent back, the nose landing gear was broken off, and the firewall of the airplane was buckled and bent. There were no injuries in this accident.

As the FAA filed it

THIS FLIGHT WAS THE STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. UPON LANDING THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 09L AT THE MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY 3 TIMES. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP AND THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE ON HIS OWN POWER. THE PROP BLADES WERE BENT BACK, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF, AND THE FIREWALL OF THE AIRPLANE WAS BUCKLED AND BENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN THIS ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.