- Date
- March 11, 1995, 14:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- New Roads, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89359Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950311003859A
- Case key
- 19367
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper bounced landing recovery technique. Factors were his failure to execute a go-around, his improper landing flare, and the other pilot's premature taxiing onto the runway for takeoff.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the solo student pilot, he landed hard and porpoised three times during an attempt to land short behind another airplane that took the active runway while he was on short final. The pilot stated that he elected not to execute a go-around because of obstructions on both sides of the runway. The airplane was 200 feet above ground level at 70 knots when the other airplane taxied onto the runway.
Factual narrative
On March 11, 1995, at 1420 central standard time, a Cessna 152, N89359, was substantially damaged while landing near New Roads, Louisiana. The solo student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local training flight.
The student pilot reported on his enclosed statement that he was on short final, 200 feet and 70 knots, for runway 18, when another aircraft taxied onto the uncontrolled field runway for takeoff at an intersection 1,000 feet from the approach end of the runway. The status of communication on the Common Traffic Advisor Frequency was unknown. The student pilot stated that he was unable to execute a go-around due to obstructions on both sides of the runway. The pilot chose to land behind the airplane that had started its takeoff roll.
According to student pilot, the airplane landed hard, porpoised three times collapsing the nose landing gear. The airplane departed the runway, and the right wing impacted the ground resulting in structural damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89359
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282725
- Airframe hours
- 5,113
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Southard, Robert Carroll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1995 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Destination
- LA30
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LA30 · False River Airpark, runway 18, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTR, 25 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.