- Date
- April 16, 2002, 08:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Maple Lake, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N752AACessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration - Minneapolis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020416007089A
- Case key
- 54583
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Probable cause
The student pilot's inadequate flare and compensation for the crosswind condition during landing. A factor to the accident was the crosswind condition.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage during a hard landing. The student pilot reported that while on approach to the runway, at approximately 50 feet above ground level (agl), the airplane encountered "windshear." The student pilot stated, "Main gear hit runway hard, plane bounced three times - third time in grass [left] of runway, nose gear failed, aircraft went up on nose, fell bank on main gear." The student pilot was attempting to land on runway 10 and the wind at the time of the accident was recorded as 180-degrees magnetic at 15 knots.
Factual narrative
On April 16, 2002, at 0855 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N752AA, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage while landing on runway 10 (2,796 feet by 60 feet, dry/asphalt) at the Maple Lake Municipal Airport, Maple Lake, Minnesota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The solo instructional flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The flight departed the Lake Elmo Airport, Lake Elmo, Minnesota, at 0800.
According to the student pilot's written statement, while on approach to the runway at approximately 50 feet above ground level (agl) the airplane encountered "windshear." The pilot reported, "Main gear hit runway hard, plane bounced three times - third time in grass [left] of runway, nose gear failed, aircraft went up on nose, fell bank on main gear."
The student pilot reported he had a total flight time of 51.2 hours, of which 12.0 hours were as pilot-in-command. The student pilot reported he had flown 37 hours in the last 90 days, all of which were in the Cessna 152. The student pilot stated he had flown 4.4 hours in the last 30 days and 0.5 hour during the last 24 hours.
A weather observation station located at the Maple Lake Municipal Airport (MGG) recorded the weather approximately one minute prior to the accident as:
Observation Time: 0854 cdt
Wind: 180 degrees magnetic at 15 knots
Visibility: 10 statute miles
Sky Condition: Broken clouds at 2,200 feet agl
Temperature: 22 degrees Celsius
Dew Point: 18 degrees Celsius
Pressure: 29.51 inches of mercury
Aircraft
- Registration
- N752AA
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279644
- Airframe hours
- 12,533
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Citation Aviation INC.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 19, 2002 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- 21D · Lake Elmo, MN
- Destination
- MGG · Maple Lake, MN
- Airport
- MGG · Maple Lake Municipal Airport, runway 10, 2,796 × 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 42 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.51 inHg
- Observed at
- MGG
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 14, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 302 KB 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 N752AA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.