# NTSB LAX01LA167: Cessna 152, N757XS, Hayward, CA, May 7, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 2001, 11:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Coordinates: 37.659442, -122.122222
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6594&lon=-122.1222&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 27, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 52226
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX01LA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52226/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA167

## Probable cause

the student pilot's misjudged landing flare and improper use of the elevator control.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

An FAA Inspector interviewed the pilot and examined the airplane.  The pilot stated he had flown two landing patterns with a certified flight instructor in preparation for his second solo flight.  The instructor deplaned and the student made two successful touch-and-go landings prior to the accident.  On the third landing the airplane landed hard, bounced, and landed on the nose wheel.  The student said that the bounce "was very high and I [tried] to pitch down and let it glide, but the nose wheel touch[ed] down first."  The nose wheel was folded back along the underside of the fuselage and the left wingtip struck the runway bending the wing spar.

## Factual narrative

On May 7, 2001, at 1140 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 152, N757XS, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at the Hayward, California, airport.  The airplane was operated by Flying Viking, Inc., under the provisions of CFR Part 91, and rented by a student pilot who was not injured.  Visual metrological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local instructional flight, which departed about 1115.

A Federal Aviation Administration Inspector interviewed the pilot and examined the airplane.  The pilot stated he had flown two landing patterns with a certified flight instructor in preparation for his second solo flight.  The instructor deplaned and the student made two successful touch-and-go landings prior to the accident.  On the third landing the airplane landed hard, bounced, and landed on the nose wheel.  The student said that the bounce "was very high and I [tried] to pitch down and let it glide, but the nose wheel touch[ed] down first."  The nose wheel was folded back along the underside of the fuselage and the left wingtip struck the runway bending the wing spar.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757XS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757XS-2008-02-26), registration cancelled 2008-02-26, S/N 15280091, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 152
- 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: 15280091
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Flying Vikings, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HWD, Hayward
- Airport: HWD, Hayward Executive, runway 28L, 5,024 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; injuries: none; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: HWD

## 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 20010507008079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010507008079A), May 7, 2001: Cessna 152, Hayward, CA, No damage. (-23)Student pilot made bad approach and bad landing. The aircraft bounced after making contact with the runway. Pilot allowed aircraft to settle onto the nose…

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.

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