# NTSB LAX08CA132: Cessna 152, N4912H, Glendale, AZ, May 7, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 7, 2008, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC) - Place: Glendale, AZ - Coordinates: 33.526943, -112.294998 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5269&lon=-112.2950&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 June 30, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 67957 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08CA132 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67957/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA132 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudged landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (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) - [Landing gear system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Capability exceeded; cases with it: [Cessna 152, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 22 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/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: 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 The student pilot flared early, and bounced the airplane back into the air during the landing. He attempted to execute a go-around but the airplane landed hard on the nose gear, collapsing it. ## Factual narrative On May 7, 2008, at 0945 mountain standard time, a Cessna 152, N4912H, bounced during landing and collapsed the nose gear at Glendale Municipal Airport, Glendale, Arizona. Air Safety Flight Academy operated the airplane under the provisions of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The solo student pilot was not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a company flight plan had been filed. The flight originated at Glendale Municipal Airport about 0800. The student pilot reported in the Pilot/Operator Accident Report, that on his fourth touch-and-go landing he flared early, and bounced the airplane back into the air during the landing. He attempted to execute a go-around but the airplane landed hard on the nose gear, collapsing it. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4912H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4912H-2012-06-12), registration cancelled 2012-06-12, S/N 15284016, built 1979 (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: 15284016 - Engines: Textron Lycoming O-235 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Air Safety Flight Academy - Registered owner: Christiansen Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Departed: KGEU, Glendale, AZ - Destination: KGEU - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: KGEU, Glendale, runway 19, 7,150 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 21; student; medical: class 1; flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: KGEU ## 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 20080507835549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080507835549A), May 7, 2008: Cessna 152, Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was attempting a landing after returning from a solo cross-country flight. During the landing the aircraft ballooned and the pilot was unable to… ## Other investigations on N4912H (1) 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. - [NTSB FTW82DA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA077), Feb 28, 1982: Cessna 152 (N4912H), Arkadelphia, AR, substantial damage 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/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.