# NTSB MIA01LA086: Cessna 152, N942AC, Naples, FL, February 25, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 25, 2001, 08:10 local (13:10 UTC) - Place: Naples, FL - Coordinates: 26.154167, -81.781387 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1542&lon=-81.7814&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 51814 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA086 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51814/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA086 ## Probable cause The student's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during landing due to his improper landing flare height and improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a nose landing gear collapse, and excursion off the runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - high, pilot in command (contributing factor) - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis According to the student, he departed his home field in light and variable wind conditions on his fourth solo flight to practice his flight maneuvers. When he returned to the field to conduct landings, the wind had increased, and he was directed to a runway he was not familiar with. His landing flare resulted in a hard touchdown and bounce causing the aircraft to enter a porpoise maneuver that collapsed the nose landing strut. The aircraft departed the runway and sustained damage to the propeller, nose strut mount, and the firewall. ## Factual narrative On February 25, 2001, about 0810 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N942AC, registered to Naples Air Center, Inc., operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, sustained a hard landing and excursion off the side of the runway at Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured and the aircraft received substantial damage. The flight departed the same airport at about 0720. According to the student pilot, during his landing attempt he flared too high, resulting in a hard touchdown and high bounce. While in the bounce, he lowered the nose, and got into a porpoise that eventually fractured and separated the nose strut. According to an FAA inspector, the student was landing into a 40-degree crosswind of 12 knots, gusting to 15 knots. The flight was the student's fourth solo flight and the first time he had used runway 14. The hard landing and bounce was a condition that the student had not seen before, and the proper corrective action was not performed. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N942AC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N942AC-2004-08-25), registration cancelled 2004-08-25, S/N 15285512, built 1982 (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: 15285512 - Airframe hours: 14197 - Engines: Lycoming O-235L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Naples Air Center, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, February 5, 2001, 54 hours before - Departed: APF, Naples, FL - Airport: APF, Naples Municipal, runway 14, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 100° at 12 knots, gusting 15 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 30.21 inHg - Observed at: APF ## 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 20010225003179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010225003179A), Feb 25, 2001: Cessna 152, Naples, FL, Substantial damage. (.19) On February 25, 2001, about 0810 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N942AC, registered to Naples air center, inc. operating as a title 14 CFR part 91… From the NTSB's public API. 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