# Accident 20190918013319A: Cessna 152, Denton, TX, September 18, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2019, 11:07 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Enterprise Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.2075° N, 97.1978° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2075&lon=-97.1978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93069, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93069-2021-12-20) (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: 67 total, 67 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA566](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA566) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190918013319A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO FLIGHT LANDING AT DTO. STUDENT HAD A HARD LANDING WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGED THE RIGHT WING.

## 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 GAA19CA566](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA566), Sep 18, 2019: Cessna 152 (N93069), Denton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and a nose landing gear collapse.

## Other reports on N93069 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180524005889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180524005889I), May 24, 2018: Cessna 152 (N93069), Denton, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot was conducting solo flight and after roll out of landing lost control and ran off runway and struck taxi way light with prop.
- [Accident 19940525012589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940525012589A), May 25, 1994: Cessna 152 (N93069), Los Banos, CA, Substantial damage. Lost control on takeoff in strong gusty crosswind. Aborted. Landed on taxiway. Veered into ditch. Too much wind.
- [Incident 19841106072959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841106072959I), Nov 6, 1984: Cessna 152 (N93069), Shater, CA, Minor damage. Student pilot making solo landing, landed hard on nose gear. The nose gear collapsed, and propeller was damaged.

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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