# NTSB GAA19CA025: Cessna 152, N24752, Lakeland, FL, October 1, 2018 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 1, 2018, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC) - Place: Lakeland, FL - Coordinates: 27.988889, -82.018608 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9889&lon=-82.0186&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 20, 2020 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 98493 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA025 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98493/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98493 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA025 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the nose gear collapsing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 46 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 48 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24752), registered now, S/N 15280355, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152 (No Series) - 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: 15280355 - Year built: 1977 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; injuries: none; 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 ## 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 20181001019359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181001019359A), Oct 1, 2018: Cessna 152, Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. On 01OCT2018 around 1000 local, a private pilot was landing at Lakeland airport klal. During the landing, the airman had a hard main gear landing making the… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 22, 2019, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=98493. 269 KB in all. - Record of Conversation (FAA) (item 1, .PDF, 65 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40476980&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(FAA)-Master.PDF - Accident Photos (item 2, .PDF, 2 photos, 204 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40476981&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photos-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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