- Date
- October 1, 2018, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24752Cessna 152
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FSDO
- FAA report
- 20181001019359A
- Case key
- 98493
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the nose gear collapsing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane landed hard on the nose landing gear (NLG) and then bounced. After the airplane touched down again, the NLG collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts. The inspector reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector assigned to the event, the pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane landed hard on the nose landing gear, bounced, briefly became airborne and after touching down again, the nose landing gear collapse. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts The inspector added that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot did not submit the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report Form 6120.1.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24752
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280355
- Built
- 1977
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Training Planes LLC
- Registered owner
- Training Planes LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
- Destination
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Linder Rgnl, runway 09, 8,499 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 53 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- KLAL, 2 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 22, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 269 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.