# NTSB NYC05CA112: Cessna 152, N46541, Greenville, PA, June 23, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 23, 2005, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, PA
- Coordinates: 41.446945, -80.391387
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4469&lon=-80.3914&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 13, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61869
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61869/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA112

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare, and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a nose gear collapse while 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)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - runway
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

The student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on a 2,703-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  During the flare for the fourth landing, the student pilot over-controlled and the airplane ballooned up.  The student pilot then applied forward force to the yoke, and the airplane bounced on the runway twice, collapsing the nose gear.  The airplane came to rest on the runway, and sustained substantial damage.

## Factual narrative

On June 23, 2005, about 1700 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N46541, was substantially damaged while landing at Greenville Municipal Airport (4G1), Greenville, Pennsylvania.  The student pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the solo instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The student pilot stated that he departed 4G1 about 1630, to practice takeoffs and landings.  The student pilot completed three "touch and go's" to runway 33, a 2,703-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  During the flare for the fourth landing, the student pilot "overcontrolled and ballooned up."  The student pilot then applied forward force to the yoke, and the airplane bounced on the runway twice, collapsing the nose gear.  The airplane came to rest on the runway, and sustained substantial damage.

The student pilot reported that the wind was light and variable at the time of the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46541](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46541), registered now, S/N 15283068 (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: 15283066
- Engines: Lycoming O-235 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Elbow Street Aviation Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 4G1, Greenville, PA
- Destination: 4G1
- Airport: 4G1, Greenville Municipal Airport, runway 33, 2,703 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,200 ft broken
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.56 inHg
- Observed at: YNG

## 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 20050623033329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050623033329A), Jun 23, 2005: Cessna 152, Greenville, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 6/23/2005 at 1720 local time, [privacy data omitted] was pilot in command of N46541, a CE-152, when he made a hard landing on runway 33 at Greenville…

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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