- Date
- February 14, 2009, 13:53 local (19:53 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6300QCessna 152
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20090214002069A
- Case key
- 73362
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
This was the student pilot's second solo flight and her instructor observed the flight. The first takeoff and landing were without incident. During the second landing approach, she flared prematurely and "pushed the nose down to correct." She flared again but was too late and the airplane landed hard and bounced. The student pushed the nose down and the airplane struck the runway, collapsing the nose gear. Postaccident inspection revealed that the firewall was buckled, some engine mounts were broken, and the right wing skin was wrinkled.
Factual narrative
On February 14, 2009, at 1353 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N6300Q, registered to and operated by Spartan Aviation Industries, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, and piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage when it impacted the runway during landing at Richard Lloyd Jones, Jr./Riverside Airport (RVS), Tulsa, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The instructional flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The student pilot on board the airplane was not injured. The local flight originated at an undetermined time. According to the pilot's accident report, this was her second solo flight, and he instructor observed the flight. The takeoff and landing were without incident. During the second landing approach to runway 01R, she flared prematurely and "pushed the nose down to correct." She flared again but was too late and the airplane landed hard and bounced. The student pushed the nose down and the airplane struck the runway, collapsing the nose gear. Post-accident inspection revealed the firewall was buckled, some engine mounts were broken, and the right wing skin was wrinkled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6300Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285225
- Airframe hours
- 11,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Spartan Aviation Industries, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Spartan Aviation Industries, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 2009 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
- Airport
- RVS · Richard L. Jones/Rivererside, runway 01R, 4,208 × 100 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 18
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 49 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RVS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6300Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.