- Date
- July 29, 1994, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palatka, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757GDCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940729019849A
- Case key
- 37580
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper landing flare and failure to properly recover from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was executing a touch-and-go landing when he landed hard. The airplane bounced and then landed hard on the nose gear, which collapsed damaging the firewall.
Factual narrative
On July 29, 1994, about 1000 eastern daylight time, N757GD, a Cessna 152 registered to Flight Enterprises Inc., landed hard on landing at Kay Larkin Airport, Palatka, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot reported no injuries. The flight had originated from the same airport about 30 minutes earlier.
The student pilot landed hard, bounced, and the nose gear collapsed, damaging the firewall. Multiple attempts to have the operator or student pilot report the accident were met with negative results.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757GD
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1520076
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Enterprises Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 28J
- Destination
- 28J · FL
- Airport
- 28J · Kay Larkin Airport
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 26 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.