- Date
- April 14, 2019, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bangor, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4916BCessna 152
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190414002799A
- Case key
- 99282
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
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
The pilot reported that the airplane landed hard and bounced. He decided to continue the landing, and during the second touchdown, the airplane landed hard again, and the nose landing gear separated. The airplane came to rest on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the airplane landed hard, bounced, and he decided to continue the landing. He added that during the second touchdown, the airplane landed hard again, and the nose landing gear separated. The airplane came to rest on the runway. The pilot reported that he should have performed a go around instead of attempting to land the second time. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4916B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283704
- Built
- 1979
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 SERIES, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- University Flying Club
- Registered owner
- University Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RKD · Rockland, ME
- Destination
- BGR · Bangor, ME
- Airport
- BGR · Bangor Intl, runway 33, 11,440 × 200 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 13, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 80 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- KBGR, 1 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 7, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB 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.
Other investigations on N4916B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.