# NTSB ATL03LA074: Cessna 152, N6599B, Summerville, SC, April 5, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 2003, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Coordinates: 33.051109, -80.267776
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0511&lon=-80.2678&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Columbia FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 56771
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL03LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/56771/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA074

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6599B-2005-11-21), registration cancelled 2005-11-21, S/N 15283958, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283958
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20030405003939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030405003939A), Apr 5, 2003: Cessna 152, Summerville, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot indicated that he took off on runway 24 and made a traffic pattern to land on the same runway. On short final, the pilot said the aircraft…

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.

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