- Date
- April 9, 2011, 18:42 local (22:42 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95469Cessna 152
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Cleveland FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110409005869A
- Case key
- 78826
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper 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
The solo student pilot reported that the airspeed was too fast during the landing flare and touchdown, and the airplane bounced on the runway. She did not initiate corrective action and the airplane continued to bounce. She reported that she let go of the yoke and applied the brakes, which caused the airplane to nose over and the propeller struck the runway. The postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed that the firewall was bent. The student pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane.
Factual narrative
The solo student pilot reported that the airspeed was too fast during the landing flare and touchdown. The airplane bounced on the runway. She did not take corrective action and the airplane continued to bounce. She reported that she let go of the yoke and “hit” the brakes. The airplane nosed down and the propeller hit the runway. The postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed that the firewall was bent. The student pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95469
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285899
- Airframe hours
- 9,013
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-H2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kent State University
- Registered owner
- Kent State University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 2010
- Departed
- IG3 · Stow, OH
- Destination
- IG3 · Stow, OH
- Airport
- IG3 · Kent State University Airport, runway 19, 4,000 × 60 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
- 20
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 MB in all.
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 N95469 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.