# NTSB MIA94LA112: Cessna 152, N24737, Pompano Beach, FL, April 6, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1994, 08:29 local (12:29 UTC)
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 26.23071, -80.130874 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2307&lon=-80.1309&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 18, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37521
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA94LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37521/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA112

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, RESULTING IN A PORPOISE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE.

## 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)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT ON LANDING ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO PORPOISE UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Factual narrative

On April 6, 1994, about 0829 eastern daylight time, N24737, a Cessna 152, landed hard, at Pompano Beach Airport, Pompano Beach, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The airplane is registered to, and operated by Pompano Air Center Inc.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot reported no injuries. The flight had originated about 20 minutes earlier.

The student pilot was on an attempted full-stop landing when the airplane landed hard on the nose gear, bounced, began to porpoise, then landed on the left wing tip and propeller after the nose gear collapsed.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24737](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24737-1999-10-08), registration cancelled 1999-10-08, S/N 15280348 (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: 15280348
- Airframe hours: 7366
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Pompano Air Center
- Registered owner: Pompano Air Center
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 10, 1994, 50 hours before
- Airport: PMP, Pompano Airpark, runway 14, 4,419 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PMP

## 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 19940406010629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940406010629A), Apr 6, 1994: Cessna 152, Pompano Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced porpoised on landing. Collapsed nose gear. Impacted on nose and left wing.

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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