# Accident 20260616007749A: Cessna 152, Carbondale, IL, June 16, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2026, 09:38 local time
- Place: Carbondale, IL
- Airport: Southern Illinois
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BNZS
- Location: 37.7847° N, 89.2480° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7847&lon=-89.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191FS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N191FS) (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: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 10 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260616007749A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 16, 2026, AT 1438 ZULU TIME, A SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (SIU) STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 18L AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AIRPORT (KMDH). THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND HIT THE GROUND HARD ENOUGH TO COLLAPSE THE NOSE WHEEL, CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE AND STRUCTURAL FIREWALL DAMAGE, WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT

## 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 CEN26LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA229), Jun 16, 2026: Cessna 152 (N191FS), Carbondale, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during the student pilot’s miscalculated landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and the nose landing gear collapsing.

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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