# Accident 20170629009269A: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, June 29, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2017, 18:20 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: D4RS
- Location: 25.6528° N, 80.4361° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6528&lon=-80.4361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53396, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53396-2022-04-02) (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: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17CA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170629009269A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA17CA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA221), Jun 29, 2017: Cessna 152 (N53396), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

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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