# NTSB NYC04CA138: Cessna 152, N802MC, Elyria, OH, June 9, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 9, 2004, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Coordinates: 41.33139, -82.10028
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3314&lon=-82.1003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Cleveland, OH
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59416
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59416/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA138

## Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - aborted
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - terrain condition - grass

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N802MC-2007-04-18), registration cancelled 2007-04-18, S/N 15280761, built 1977 (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: 15280761
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 36; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040609011599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040609011599A), Jun 9, 2004: Cessna 152, Elyria, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot, marco tilgner-FF2415654, during his attempted first solo flight (2nd landing) at Elyria city airport (1G1) runway 27, VFR, winds 250/08;…

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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