# NTSB MIA94LA158: Cessna 152, N46140, Gainesville, FL, June 11, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1994, 17:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.670919, -82.330963 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6709&lon=-82.3310&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): 37559
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA94LA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37559/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA158

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. .

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD AND THEN BOUNCED ON THE NOSE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. A SMALL POST CRASH FIRE OCCURRED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

## Factual narrative

On June 11, 1994, about 1725 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N46140, registered to Aerial Ads, Inc., landed hard and nosed over at Gainesville Regional Airport, Gainesville, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the student pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Gainesville, Florida, on June 11, 1994, about 1715.

The student pilot stated she was performing the second landing of her first supervised solo flight. As she flared for landing she flared too much. The aircraft climbed, lost airspeed, descended, and landed hard. The aircraft bounced and landed on the nose gear several times until it collapsed. After the nose gear collapsed the aircraft slid off the runway and nosed over in the dirt. A small post crash fire occurred in the engine compartment.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46140](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46140-2010-11-16), registration cancelled 2010-11-16, S/N 15283006, 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: 15283006
- Airframe hours: 4851
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-42C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aerial Ads, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Limited (Special); Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 4, 1994, 71 hours before
- Airport: GNV, Gainsville Regional, runway 24, 4,147 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 18 total, 8 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 1 nm away

## 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 19940611015039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940611015039A), Jun 11, 1994: Cessna 152, Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. First solo flared too high came down. Bounced. Impacted nose gear until it collapsed. Slid off runway. Nosed over.

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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