20200908013649A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Snohomish, WA · September 8, 2020

Date
September 8, 2020 · 08:00 local
Place
Snohomish, WA
Airport
Harvey Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N946SF
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR20CA302
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
23 total23 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

A student pilot is on his second supervised solo, practicing solo take-off and landings on rwy 33R in N946SF, a Cessna 152. On his third landing, he lost control of the airplane after a hard landing during touchdown. Due to the hard landing, the aircraft bounced and turned to left, before hitting the ground hard for second time. The aircraft settled nose over on the grass runway, rwy 33L. The aircraft suffered substantial damage. No injuries on the student pilot.

As the FAA filed it

A STUDENT PILOT IS ON HIS SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO, PRACTICING SOLO TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS ON RWY 33R IN N946SF, A CESSNA 152. ON HIS THIRD LANDING, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AFTER A HARD LANDING DURING TOUCHDOWN. DUE TO THE HARD LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND TURNED TO LEFT, BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND HARD FOR SECOND TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED NOSE OVER ON THE GRASS RUNWAY, RWY 33L. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES ON THE STUDENT PILOT.

NTSB investigation

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