# NTSB CHI97LA071: Cessna 152, N46865, Point Lookout, MO, February 22, 1997 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 22, 1997, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC) - Place: Point Lookout, MO - Location: 36.6259° N, 93.2289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at M GRAHAM CLARK DOWNTOWN (PLK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6259&lon=-93.2289&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report February 15, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 10520 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI97LA071 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/10520/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA071 ## Probable cause the student pilot failed to maintain adequate airspeed and encountered a stall. The factors involved were raising the flaps was not performed, directional control was not maintained and recovery from bounced landing was improper. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - stall - encountered, pilot in command (cause) - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor) - airspeed - low, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - Nose over, other ## Analysis During the student pilot's second solo landing, the airplane bounced off of the runway and began turning toward the left. The student pilot applied full power but did not retract the flaps. The airplane climbed steeply toward the left. The student pilot said that the stall warning was buzzing but the airplane continued to climb over the hangar below. The airplane rolled inverted and impacted the terrain. ## Factual narrative On February 22, 1997, at 1130 central standard time (cst), a Cessna 152, N46865, registered to College of the Ozarks, of Point Lookout, Missouri, and operated by a student pilot, lost directional control and exited runway 29 (3,545 x 100 dry/asphalt) at the Graham Clark Airport, Point Lookout, Missouri. The airplane was destroyed after it nosed over in a ravine during the pilot's second solo touch and go landing. The student pilot reported serious injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo instructional flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Point Lookout, Missouri, at 1120 cst. According to the student pilot's written statement, she was practicing takeoffs and landings with her certified flight instructor (CFI) prior to her first solo flight. She performed seven to ten takeoffs and landings before the CFI allowed her to perform her first solo takeoff and landing. The student pilot performed one successful takeoff and landing and was cleared by the CFI for a second solo takeoff and landing. The student pilot performed a second takeoff and upon landing, the airplane bounced off the runway and began turning to the left. The student pilot decided to go around by advancing the throttle. The she stated, "I pulled the nose up in order to gain altitude and miss the building. The stall indicator started to buzz. I could not see the hanger, so I kept climbing as much as I could, to try to miss the hanger. I knew the airplane was going to stall,...as I began to stall, the airplane rolled upside down to the left... ." According to the certified flight instructor's written statement, he described the second landing as a bounced landing approximately 3-4 feet off of the runway. The CFI stated "The airplane crabbed slightly left and the nose came down like it was going to begin porpoising. ...[student pilot] added full power, but failed to retract the flaps. I saw the aircraft climb steeply and roll to the left." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N46865](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46865-2005-03-11), registration cancelled 2005-03-11, S/N 15283125, 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: 15283125 - Airframe hours: 6511 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: College Of The Ozarks - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 3, 1996, 52 hours before - Departed: PLK - Destination: PLK - Airport: PLK, M. Graham Clark Airport, runway 29, 3,545 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 27 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: SGF, 37 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 19970222001739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970222001739A), Feb 22, 1997: Cessna 152, Point Lookout, MO, Destroyed. Second solo. Bounced. Swerved. Began go around. Full flaps stall. Horn on passed over hangar. Rolled inverted. Cras (-23) following a landing bounce on the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.