- Date
- December 11, 1994, 11:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24350Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941211041319A
- Case key
- 19320
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were the improper flare and the resultant loss of directional control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was doing stop-and-go solo practice landings. During his third landing he bounced into the air and came back to the ground. He experienced nose wheel 'shimmy', applied rudder pressure, and stepped on his right brake unintentionally. The aircraft veered off the runway and nosed over to the inverted position.
Factual narrative
On December 11, 1994, at 1110 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N24350, was substantially damaged during landing at the Downtown Airpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The student pilot was on a local solo instructional flight. There was no flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot was not injured.
This paragraph is based on the enclosed pilot report. The student pilot was executing his third solo landing when he touched down "flat" and bounced the airplane. As he touched down again the nose wheel began to "shimmy" and he applied rudder pressure. "Apparently," he also stepped on the right brake. The airplane veered right, rolling off of the runway where it impacted a small dirt mound. The airplane subsequently nosed over into the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24350
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280229
- Airframe hours
- 3,973
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Okc Flight Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 10, 1994 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- 2DT · Downtown Airpark, runway 16, 4,240 × 85 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.