# NTSB DFW07CA058: Cessna 152, N49053, McAlester, OK, January 24, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 24, 2007, 10:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place: McAlester, OK
- Coordinates: 34.882221, -95.783607
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8822&lon=-95.7836&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65200
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW07CA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65200/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA058

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49053-2008-09-04), registration cancelled 2008-09-04, S/N 15281124, 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: 15281124
- Airframe hours: 9238.6
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070124001059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070124001059A), Jan 24, 2007: Cessna 152, Mcalester, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 24 at 1605Z, N49053 a CE-152 was involved in a landing accident at the Mcalester municipal airport (kmlc). The student pilot was on her first…

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.

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