- Date
- January 24, 2007, 10:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- McAlester, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49053Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- FAA report
- 20070124001059A
- Case key
- 65200
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 62-hour student was unable to recover from a bounced landing and lost control of the single-engine airplane while landing on runway 01. Runway 01 was described as a 5,602-foot-long, by 100-foot-wide asphalt dry runway. The pilot made a normal approach for landing but reported touching down on all three wheels and then "ballooning." During the second touch-down, the airplane impacted the runway in a nose low attitude and the nose landing gear assembly collapsed. The engine firewall sustained structural damage. Weather was reported as clear skies, 10 miles visibility, with wind from 310 degrees at 6 knots, and an altimeter setting of 30.34 inches of Mercury.
Factual narrative
The 62-hour student was unable to recover from a bounced landing and lost control of the single-engine airplane while landing on runway 01. Runway 01 was described as a 5,602-foot-long, by 100-foot-wide asphalt dry runway. The solo student pilot reported that after filing a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan, she proceeded to her first destination on her solo cross country flight. Before reaching the airport, she listened to the automated surface observing system (ASOS) and announced her landing intentions on the radio. The pilot made a normal approach for landing but reported touching down on all three wheels and then "ballooning." During the second touch-down, the airplane impacted the runway in a nose low attitude and the nose landing gear assembly collapsed. The engine firewall sustained structural damage. Weather was reported as clear skies, 10 miles visibility, with wind from 310 degrees at 6 knots, and an altimeter setting of 30.34 inches of Mercury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49053
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281124
- Airframe hours
- 9,238.6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Riverside Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Christiansen Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 2006
- Departed
- KRVS · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- McAlester, OK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KMLC · McAlester Regional Airport, runway 01, 5,602 × 100 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
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 62 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.34 inHg
- Observed at
- KMLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.