# NTSB MIA00LA085: Cessna 152, N69174, Louisburg, NC, February 7, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 7, 2000, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Louisburg, NC - Coordinates: 36.100395, -78.28939 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1004&lon=-78.2894&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48594 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA085 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48594/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA085 ## Probable cause The improper recovery from the bounced landing by the pilot-in-command for his failure to apply power and inadvertent stall by the pilot-in-command resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the total lack of experience of the pilot-in-command. ## 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) - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis While over the threshold of the second touch-and-go landing with the flaps fully extended, the pilot flared too soon and the airplane began to float. The airplane then touched down and bounced. After becoming airborne the student pilot applied aft elevator control input but did not apply power. The airplane then stalled, impacted hard on the runway to the left of the runway centerline, bounced again, then touched down off the left side of the runway. An automated weather observation taken on the airport about 26 minutes after the accident indicates in part that the wind was from 280 degrees at 7 knots. ## Factual narrative On February 7, 2000, about 1630 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N69174, registered to Challenge Air, Llc., operated by First in Flight Aviation, experienced collapse of the nose landing gear while landing at the Franklin County Airport, Louisburg, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 24 minutes earlier. The pilot stated that he was practicing touch-and-go landings in preparation for his first solo cross- country flight. He was on his second touch-and-go landing and had turned base and final. After crossing over the threshold with the flaps fully extended, he flared too soon and the airplane began to float. The airplane then touched down and bounced, and while airborne, he applied aft elevator control input but did not apply power. The airplane then stalled, impacted hard on the runway to the left of the runway centerline, then bounced and touched down a third time off the left side of the runway. The airplane also collided with a 2-3 foot high snowbank off the left side of the runway. An automated METAR weather observation taken on the airport about 26 minutes after the accident indicates in part that the wind was from 280 degrees at 7 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N69174](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69174-2018-10-09), registration cancelled 2018-10-09, S/N 15282528, built 1978 (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: 15282528 - Airframe hours: 8232 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: First In Flight Aviation - Registered owner: Challenge Air, LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, November 25, 1999, 99 hours before - Departed: LHZ - Airport: LHZ, Franklin County, runway 22, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 39; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 25 °F, dew point -0 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: LHZ ## 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 20000207012789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207012789A), Feb 7, 2000: Cessna 152, Louisburg, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot reported that during his third touch and go landing he flared high and early. This caused the a/c to land hard and bounce. As the a/c bounced… From the NTSB's public API. 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