# NTSB MIA04CA025: Cessna 152, N24887, Ormond Beach, FL, November 15, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: November 15, 2003, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC) - Place: Ormond Beach, FL - Coordinates: 29.300832, -81.120277 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3008&lon=-81.1203&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, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 58453 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA04CA025 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58453/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA025 ## Probable cause The student pilot improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing and damage to the airplane. ## 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) ## Analysis The student pilot stated that it was her first unsupervised solo and as she was executing the landing flare/touchdown, the airplane "porpoised", and she was unable to gain control. She said the nose gear collapsed, and the propeller contacted the runway, with the airplane incurring damage to the firewall. Prior to the accident, there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems. ## Factual narrative On November 15, 2003, about 1020 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N24887, registered and operated by Sunrise Aviation Inc., as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 training flight , had the pilot make a hard landing on runway 08, at Ormond Beach Airport, Ormond, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane incurred substantial damage and the student-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Ormond Beach airport, the same day at 1015. The student pilot stated that it was her first unsupervised solo, and she had flown the traffic pattern twice, and had made two uneventful landings. The said that during preparations for her third landing, initially traffic had been landing on runway 35, and someone made a radio transmission on the unicom frequency, suggesting that all aircraft use different runways. She said this happened on two different occasions, which created a confusing time for her. She further stated that during the accident flight, as she was executing the landing flare/touchdown, the airplane "porpoised", and she was unable to gain control. She said the nose gear collapsed, and the propeller contacted the runway, with the airplane incurring damage to the firewall. Prior to the accident, there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N24887](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24887), registered now, S/N 15280433 (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: 15280433 - Airframe hours: 5109 - Engines: Lycoming O-235 108 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Sunrise Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 23, 2003, 27 hours before - Departed: OMN, Ormond Beach, FL - Destination: OMN, Ormond Beach, FL - Airport: OMN, Ormond Beach Airport, runway 8, 4,004 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 39; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 150° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.23 inHg - Observed at: DAB ## 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 20031115035919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031115035919A), Nov 15, 2003: Cessna 152, Ormond Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot in the pattern practicing touch and go. Main runway (8) reported closed due to a dissabled aircraft. Heavy traffic in the pattern. Runway… ## Other investigations on N24887 (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 SEA79FYP18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYP18), May 7, 1979: Cessna 152 (N24887), Cashmere, WA, 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.