# NTSB DEN01LA063: Cessna 152, N24950, Grand Junction, CO, March 3, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 3, 2001, 08:32 local (15:32 UTC) - Place: Grand Junction, CO - Coordinates: 39.109382, -108.529663 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1094&lon=-108.5297&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 20, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 51849 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN01LA063 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51849/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA063 ## Probable cause the student pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in porpoising and subsequently a nose over. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - encountered, pilot in command - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings. The student said the landing initially appeared normal, but the airplane bounced several times before the nose gear buckled. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. ## Factual narrative On March 3, 2001, at 0832 mountain standard time, a Cessna 152, N24950, was substantially damaged when it nosed over during landing rollout at Walker Field, Grand Junction, Colorado. The student pilot, the sole occupant in the airplane, was not injured. The airplane was being operated by I Fly Strand Aviation, Inc., under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the solo-instructional local flight that originated approximately 30 minutes before the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plan. According to the flight instructor, the student was practicing touch and go landings. The student said the landing appeared "normal," but the airplane "bounced up" following initial touchdown. The student said that the airplane bounced again, started going to the right, and then the "nose buckled." The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The left wing, the engine mount, and the vertical stabilizer were bent. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N24950](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24950), registered now, S/N 15280467, built 1977 (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: 15280467 - Airframe hours: 8626 - Engines: Lycoming O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: I Fly Strand Aviation, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 23, 2000, 79 hours before - Departed: GJT, Grand Junction, CO - Airport: GJT, Walker Field Airport, runway 11, 1,050 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 16; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 1 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 9,500 ft overcast - Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 28 °F - Altimeter: 29.78 inHg - Observed at: GJT ## 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 20010303003469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010303003469A), Mar 3, 2001: Cessna 152, Grand Junction, CO, No damage. (.19) On March 3, 2001, at approx. 1115 MST, a Cessna 152, N24950, was substantially damaged during a landing rollout at Walker Field, Grand Junction,… ## Other investigations on N24950 (1) 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. - [NTSB DEN85LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA082), Feb 15, 1985: Cessna 152 (N24950), Kalispell, MT, substantial damage 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.