- Date
- August 23, 1995, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94891Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950823033159A
- Case key
- 10009
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Probable cause
the pilot misjudged the flare. Lack of total experience was a factor.
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 pilot reported that it was his first solo flight. All his pattern legs looked good and when he rolled out on final everything was okay. He reported his landing was hard. He bounced twice and lost control, damaging the aircraft.
Factual narrative
On August 23, 1995, at 1000 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N94891, was substantially damaged during landing at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan. The student pilot received no injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight departed Willow Run Airport on a local solo student flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that it was his first solo flight. He stated that his pattern legs looked good and when he rolled out on final everything was okay. He reported his landing was hard. He bounced twice and lost control, damaging the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94891
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,099
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air One Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1995 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- YIP
- Airport
- YIP · Willow Run, runway 23R, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YIP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.