- Date
- June 9, 2004, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N802MCCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Cleveland, OH
- FAA report
- 20040609011599A
- Case key
- 59416
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Probable cause
The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was conducting his first solo flight, and was landing on a 3,053-foot-long, 48-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During touchdown, the airplane encountered a gust of wind, and bounced off to the left side of the runway. The student pilot attempted to abort the landing, but the nose wheel struck tall grass, and the airplane came to rest inverted.
Factual narrative
On June 9, 2004, about 1400 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N802MC, was substantially damaged during an aborted landing at Elyria Airport (1G1), Elyria, Ohio. The certificated 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's written statement, he was landing on runway 27, a 3,053-foot-long, 48-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During touchdown, the airplane encountered a gust of wind, and bounced off to the left side of the runway. The student pilot attempted to abort the landing, but the nose wheel struck tall grass, and the airplane came to rest inverted.
The accident flight was the student pilot's first solo flight. He reported a total flight experience of 21.7 hours.
The reported wind at an airport about 5 miles west of the accident site, at 1400, was from 250 degrees at 11 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N802MC
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280761
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alexton LTD
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1G1 · Elyria, OH
- Destination
- 1G1
- Airport
- 1G1 · Elyria Airport, runway 27, 3,053 × 48 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 36
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 21 in this make and model · 0 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.