- Date
- February 7, 1995, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47183Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950207001289A
- Case key
- 37728
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to perform a go-around and failure to apply power to recover from the bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident pilot was on a 1/2 mile final to land and observed another airplane taxi onto the runway. The accident pilot advised the pilot in the other airplane that there wasn't enough time to take off and he was going to perform a go-around. The pilot in the airplane on the runway began his takeoff roll and the accident pilot elected to land on the runway behind the airplane beginning its takeoff roll. After touchdown the airplane porpoised collapsing the nose landing gear.
Factual narrative
On February 7, 1995, about 1020 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N47183, registered to Cecily's Flight Center, crashed while landing at the Venice Municipal Airport, Venice, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the private-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated from the Albert Whitted Airport, St. Petersburg Airport, Florida, about 0935.
The accident pilot stated while on 1/2 mile final approach to land, another airplane was taxied onto the runway. He advised the pilot in the airplane on the runway that there wasn't enough time to take off and he was going to perform a go-around. The pilot in the airplane on the runway began his takeoff roll and the accident pilot elected to land on the runway behind the airplane starting the takeoff roll. After touchdown the accident airplane porpoised collapsing the nose landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47183
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283181
- Airframe hours
- 4,059
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cecily'S Flight Center Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Provisional (Special); Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 25, 1995 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- SPG · St. Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- VNC
- Airport
- VNC · Venice Municipal, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 87 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 25 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.