# NTSB MIA97LA193: Cessna 152, N64936, Orangeburg, SC, June 21, 1997 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 20, 1997, 22:30 local (Jun 21, 1997, 02:30 UTC) - Place: Orangeburg, SC - Coordinates: 33.489936, -80.859008 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4899&lon=-80.8590&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 7, 1998 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38296 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA97LA193 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38296/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA193 ## Probable cause Failure of the pilot to recover from the bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilots complacency. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis While practicing night landings for currency, the airplane touched down then bounced. The pilot then applied forward elevator input and the airplane touched down and bounced again. The power remained at idle and the airplane then stalled and impacted the runway nose low causing the nose landing gear to collapse. The pilot stated that he was not concentrating on the accident landing but thinking about the next landing and was in a rush to complete the landings. He further stated that he should have applied power to go-around after the airplane bounced the first time. ## Factual narrative On June 20, 1997, about 2230 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N64936, registered to a private individual, leased to Ferland, Inc., dba Mac Air, experienced a loss of control while landing at the Orangeburg Municipal Airport, Orangeburg, South Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 5 minutes earlier from the Orangeburg Airport. The pilot stated that the purpose of the flight was for night currency. After takeoff during the first landing, the airplane touched down then bounced. He then pushed on the control column and the airplane then bounced again. He applied nose-up elevator input but the throttle remained at idle and the airplane then stalled and landed on the nose landing gear causing it to collapse. He further stated that he was in a hurry to complete the planned three full-stop landings then go home and there was no airframe or engine preimpact failure or malfunction. He also stated that he was thinking about the next landing and not concentrating on the accident landing. Review of the pilot's logbook revealed that his last night flight occurred on January 6, 1997, in which he flew .2 hour and performed two landings in a Cessna 150 airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N64936](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64936-2008-01-14), registration cancelled 2008-01-14, S/N 15281485, 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: 15281485 - Airframe hours: 8082 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Ferland, Inc., doing business as Mac Air - Registered owner: Michael Zukowski - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, March 10, 1997, 91 hours before - Departed: OGB - Airport: OGB, Orangeburg Municipal, runway 23, 4,501 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 111 total, 31 in this make and model, 44 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright - Wind: 190° at 4 knots - Visibility: 6 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 73 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: OGB ## 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 19970620044859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970620044859A), Jun 20, 1997: Cessna 152, Orangeburg, SC, Substantial damage. Night currency flight. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Stalled. Impacted runway. Folded nose gear. (-23) PIC stated he was practicing night take offs and… From the NTSB's public API. 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