- Date
- August 25, 2006, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6102QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Fort Worth, Texas
- FAA report
- 20060825018439A
- Case key
- 64386
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a porpoise.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 17-hour solo student pilot lost control of the tricycle gear single-engine airplane while attempting to land on runway 17, a 6,000-foot long by 100-foot wide runway, the third landing of his first supervised solo flight. The pilot reported that the airplane touched down on the main wheels at a higher than normal speed and the airplane subsequently pitched down and impacted on the nose landing gear. The aircraft then porpoised until the nose gear collapsed and the propeller struck the ground. The engine firewall assembly sustained structural damage. The aircraft came to rest on the left side of the runway in the upright position. Weather at the time of the accident was reported as clear skies, with winds from 190 degrees at 11 knots, and density altitude was calculated at 3,500 feet.
Factual narrative
The 17-hour solo student pilot lost control of the tricycle gear single-engine airplane while attempting to land on runway 17, a 6,000-foot long by 100-foot wide runway, during his third landing of his first supervised solo flight. The pilot reported that the airplane touched down on the main wheels at a higher than normal speed and the airplane subsequently pitched down and impacted on the nose landing gear. The aircraft then entered porpoise until the nose gear collapsed and the propeller struck the ground. The engine firewall assembly sustained structural damage. The aircraft came to rest on the left side of the runway in the upright position. Weather at the time of the accident was reported as clear skies, with winds from 190 degrees at 11 knots, and density altitude was calculated at 3,500 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6102Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285127
- Airframe hours
- 11,329.9
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Versatile Aviation, Inc, doing business as Versatile Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner
- Christensen Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 2006 · 58.7 hours before
- Departed
- IF4 · Gainesville, TX
- Destination
- KGLE · Gainesville, TX
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 21
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots, gusting 11
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- KGLE
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 N6102Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.