# NTSB NYC02LA095: Cessna 152M, N63123, Forest, VA, May 8, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 8, 2002, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Forest, VA - Coordinates: 37.271667, -79.33583 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2717&lon=-79.3358&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report October 24, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 54658 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC02LA095 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54658/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54658 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA095 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper flare and failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a nose over. ## 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) - Nose over, landing - roll - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The student pilot was conducting her second solo flight in the airplane. She had completed four uneventful full-stop landings; however, on the fifth landing attempt, she flared high and landed hard. The airplane began to porpoise and then departed the left side of the runway, where it nosed over and came to rest. The student pilot said she did not add power, or attempt a go-around during the landing attempt. The student pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane, and had 32 hours of total flight experience, all in make and model. ## Factual narrative On May 8, 2002, about 1830 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152M, N63123, was substantially damaged while landing at the New London Airport (W90), Forest, Virginia. The certificated student pilot was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The student pilot was conducting her second solo flight in the airplane. During an interview, she said she had completed four uneventful full-stop landings to runway 16, a 3,164-foot long, 40-foot wide, asphalt runway; however, on the fifth landing attempt, she flared high and landed hard. The airplane began to porpoise and then departed the left side of the runway, where it nosed over and came to rest. She further stated that she did not add power, or attempt a go-around during the landing attempt. The student pilot's flight instructor did not observe the airplane touchdown; however, he observed the airplane "porpoising from the main landing gear, to the nose landing gear." As the airplane departed the runway, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane slowly skidded and flipped over. The student pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane, and had 32 hours of total flight experience, all in make and model. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N63123](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63123-2005-12-15), registration cancelled 2005-12-15, S/N 15077119, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152M - Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15077119 - Engines: Continental O-200-12 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Rucker Tibbs - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: W90, Forest, VA - Destination: W90, FOREST - Airport: W90, New London Airport, runway 16, 3,164 × 40 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 61; injuries: serious; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 30.07 inHg - Observed at: LYH, 7 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 20020508018139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020508018139A), May 8, 2002: Cessna 150M, Forest, VA, No damage. (-23) At approximately 1832 on may 8, 2002, student pilot wanda wingo, attempted the fifth landing of her second supervised solo at New London Airport (W90).… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 12, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54658. 643 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 495 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40438040&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - FAA Inspector's Statement and Interview Summaries (item 2, .PDF, 147 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40166459&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%27s%20Statement%20and%20Interview%20Summaries-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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