# Incident 20250116000569I: Cessna 152, Saint Augustine, FL, January 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2025, 16:40 local time
- Place: Saint Augustine, FL
- Airport: Northeast Florida Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9592° N, 81.3398° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Northeast Florida Regional Airport (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9592&lon=-81.3398&mi=10
- Aircraft: N954SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N954SA) (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: 53 total, 51 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250116000569I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING THE FIRST LANDING OF THE FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, IN A CESSNA 152, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ENOUGH TO BOUNCE AND BEGIN A PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATION (PORPOISE).  UPON THE THIRD CONTACT WITH THE GROUND THE FRONT LANDING GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED RESULTING IN THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE FRONT END BUT AVOIDED FLIPPING OVER.  BASED ON COORDINATION WITH THE NTSB, THIS EVENT IS CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

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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