- Date
- May 24, 1997, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5499BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970524011869A
- Case key
- 10578
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Probable cause
the student pilot's misjudged flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was the lack of recent flight time.
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 student pilot was executing touch-and-go landings. The airplane touched down and bounced back into the air followed by a second bounce where the pilot attempted to go around by retracting the flaps and then adding power. The airplane then stalled and hit on the runway collapsing the nose gear. In the previous 90 days the pilot had flown 2.5 hours.
Factual narrative
On May 24, 1997 at 1355 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 152, N5499B, was substantially damaged while executing touch and go landings at the Crystal Airport, Crystal, Minnesota. During one landing the aircraft hit hard collapsing the nose gear, and crushing the airplane's firewall. The student pilot was not injured in the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the 14 CFR Part 91 flight, and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot reported on the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) that she had taken off from runway 05L and had executed a right hand traffic pattern. The pilot reported that the aircraft crossed the runway threshold slightly faster than normal. She reported that when the airplane touched down it bounced back into the air. The pilot reported that she believed the airplane was under control; however, the airplane bounced on the runway a second time. At this time the pilot reported that she reached over to "...pull the flaps up, and push the throttle in to correct the situation...", when the stall warning horn came on and the airplane nosed over.
The pilot listed her total time at 57.6 hours, with pilot in command time listed as 9.5 hours. In the previous 90 days the pilot reported that she had flown 2.5 hours. Within the previous 30 days the pilot had flown 1.3 hours.
The airplane's nose gear and engine mount were bent. The firewall was crushed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5499B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283888
- Airframe hours
- 2,312
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Crystal Shamrock Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 2, 1997 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- MIC
- Destination
- MIC
- Airport
- MIC · Crystal, runway 5L, 2,499 × 75 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 58 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIC
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 N5499B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.