# NTSB MIA06CA012: Cessna 152, N49005, Titusville, FL, October 28, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 28, 2005, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Coordinates: 28.514722, -80.799163
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5147&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62761
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA06CA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62761/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA012

## Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing resulting in substantial damage to the airplane.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The student stated that upon landing, the airplane bounced twice, and on the second bounce, the airplane hit hard and the nose gear broke.  The instructor stated that while observing his student land, the airplane bounced twice and the nose gear collapsed. No mechanical failures or malfunctions existed to the airplane or any of its systems.

## Factual narrative

This report is based on information received by the NTSB. Additional details may be found in the NTSB's public docket for this case. For further information, please contact the NTSB Office of Public Inquiries.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49005](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49005), registered now, S/N 15281095, built 1977 (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: 15281095
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Comair Aviation Academy Inc
- Registered owner: BG Chipmunks, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: KTIX, Titusville, FL
- Destination: KTIX, Titusville, FL
- Airport: KTIX, Space Coast Regional Airport, runway 36

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 42; student; medical: class 1; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20051028028439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051028028439A), Oct 28, 2005: Cessna 152, Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing on runway 36, at spacecoast regional airport, the aircraft touched down once and bounced. After bouncing it began to porpoise and came…

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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