# NTSB LAX90LA304: Cessna 152, N47477, Santa Ana, CA, August 25, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1990, 12:06 local (19:06 UTC)
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Coordinates: 33.71096, -117.86956 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7110&lon=-117.8696&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 23, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26908
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX90LA304
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26908/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA304

## Probable cause

THE IMPROPER TECHNIQUE USED BY THE STUDENT PILOT TO RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING ATTEMPT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE NON-CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HER SECOND LANDING AFTER BEING ENDORSED TO FLY SOLO. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. IN A ATTEMPT TO RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCE, THE PILOT PUT THE AIRPLANE IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE WHEEL. THE NOSE GEAR THEN COLLAPSED. THE STUDENT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47477](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47477-1992-03-10), registration cancelled 1992-03-10, S/N 15283229 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283229
- Airframe hours: 2135
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Sunrise Aviation
- Registered owner: 8kcab Group
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, July 13, 1990, 78 hours before
- Airport: SNA, Orange County, runway 19L, 2,887 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; student; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 66 total, 42 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19900825036129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900825036129A), Aug 25, 1990: Cessna 152, Santa Ana, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Pushed nose down to recover. Hit and collapsed nose gear..

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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