# NTSB NYC04CA113: Cessna C-152, N70SU, Columbus, OH, April 30, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 29, 2004, 20:00 local (Apr 30, 2004, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Coordinates: 40.079723, -83.072776
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0797&lon=-83.0728&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59142/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA113

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare, and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

## 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)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna C-152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285151
- Airframe hours: 13163
- Engines: 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.

- Student pilot; age 39; injuries: none; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040429012969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040429012969A), Apr 29, 2004: Cessna 152, Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) A student pilot on his second solo was conducting touch-n-go operations in a Cessna CE-152 on runway 23, at the kosu airport. The student pilot was…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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