- Date
- April 29, 2004, 20:00 local (Apr 30, 2004, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70SUCessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040429012969A
- Case key
- 59142
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare, and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student pilot, during landing, when the airplane was about 10 to 20 feet above the ground, it encountered a wind gust which forced it into a climb. The student pilot then lowered the nose, and "overcompensated" with forward elevator pressure. The nose of the airplane contacted the runway, the airplane bounced, and then impacted the ground a second time, subsequently damaging the nose wheel landing gear. The airplane tilted forward, and slid to a stop on the remaining runway. The student pilot reported 45 hours of total flight experience, all in make and model.
Factual narrative
On April 29, 2004, at 2000 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N70SU, was substantially damaged during landing at the Ohio State University Airport (OSU), Columbus, Ohio. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local solo instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the student pilot, during landing, when the airplane was about 10 to 20 feet above the ground, it encountered a wind gust which forced it into a climb. The student pilot then lowered the nose, and "overcompensated" with forward elevator pressure. The nose of the airplane contacted the runway, the airplane bounced, and then impacted the ground a second time, subsequently damaging the nose wheel landing gear. The airplane tilted forward, and slid to a stop on the remaining runway.
The student pilot reported 45 hours of total flight experience, all in make and model.
The winds reported at OSU, at 2000, were from 200 degrees at 7 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70SU
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285151
- Airframe hours
- 13,163
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ohio State University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 26, 2004 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- OSU
- Airport
- OSU · Ohio State University, runway 23, 3,955 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- OSU
FAA reports on this event · 1
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