# Accident 20190925018599A: Cessna 152, Lafayette, IN, September 25, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2019, 17:10 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4122° N, 86.9369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4122&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6450B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6450B-2022-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA571](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA571) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190925018599A

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2019, AT 17:10 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N6450B, A CESSNA 152, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER A HARD LANDING AT THE LAFAYETTE INDIANA AIRPORT (KLAF). THE PILOT, A STUDENT PILOT THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY CLEARED  FOR SOLO OPERATIONS, WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 23.  ON THE FIRST LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE LANDING HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS WINDS 210° AT 9 KTS, 10 MILES VISIBILITY, AND CLEAR SKIES. TEMPERATURE WAS 24° C WITH A DEW POINT OF 17° C.

PTRS: 201904306

## 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 GAA19CA571](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA571), Sep 25, 2019: Cessna 152 (N6450B), Lafayette, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and subsequent nose landing gear collapse.

## Other reports on N6450B (3)

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

- [Incident 20180723017649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180723017649I), Jul 23, 2018: Cessna 152 (N6450B), West Lafayette, IN, No damage. On July 23, 2018, at approximately 7:40 a.m EDT (1140 zulu), Cessna 152, N6450B, struck a small bird on takeoff departing runway 23 at the purdue university…
- [Accident 19830612024959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830612024959A), Jun 12, 1983: Cessna 152 (N6450B), League City, TX, Substantial damage. Bounced landing. Tried to go around with carburetor heat on. Struck a fence and trees. Came to rest inverted.
- [Incident 19800924070649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800924070649I), Sep 24, 1980: Cessna 152 (N6450B), Friendswood, TX, Minor damage. Hard landing damaged nose gear.

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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