- Date
- April 5, 2003, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Summerville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6599BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Columbia FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030405003939A
- Case key
- 56771
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during landing on runway 24, the airplane touched down hard, bounced, and the nose gear collapsed during the subsequent touchdown. The airplane came to rest on the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed the lower section of the engine firewall was buckled. No mechanical or flight control problems were reported by the pilot prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On April 5, 2003, at 1115 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N6599B, registered to Pelican Aviation Incorporated and operated by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at Summerville Airport, Summerville, South Carolina. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and the pilot was not injured. The flight departed Summerville Airport, Summerville, South Carolina, at 1055.
The pilot stated that during landing on runway 24, the airplane touched down hard, bounced, and collapsed the nose gear during the subsequent touchdown. After the nose gear collapsed, the airplane came to rest on the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed the lower section of the engine firewall was buckled. No mechanical or flight control problems were reported by the pilot prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6599B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283958
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John R Inman
- Registered owner
- Pelican Aviation Incorported
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DYB · Summerville, SC
- Airport
- DYB · Dorchester County, runway 24, 3,701 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- May 11, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 150 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 16 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.