# NTSB NYC06CA069: Cessna 152, N47105, Augusta, ME, February 15, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: February 15, 2006, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Coordinates: 44.320556, -69.797225
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3206&lon=-69.7972&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 30, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63232
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63232/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA069

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare, 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)

## Analysis

During the landing flare, the student pilot elected to abort the landing because the winds had shifted to a quartering tailwind.  He then increased engine power and retracted the flaps.  As the airplane approached the departure end of the runway, the pilot determined that the airplane did not have a sufficient climb rate, so he decided to land the airplane.  During the second landing attempt, the airplane impacted the runway on the nose landing gear, which collapsed, and resulted in substantial damage to the airframe.  The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies associated with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

During the landing flare, the student pilot elected to abort the landing because the winds had shifted to a quartering tailwind.  He then increased engine power and retracted the flaps.  As the airplane approached the departure end of the runway, the pilot determined that the airplane did not have a sufficient climb rate, so he decided to land the airplane.  During the second landing attempt, the airplane impacted the runway on the nose landing gear, which collapsed it, and resulted in substantial damage to the airframe.  The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies associated with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47105](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47105-2006-10-23), registration cancelled 2006-10-23, S/N 15283169, built 1979 (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: 15283169
- Engines: Lycoming O-235 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Twin Cities Air Service LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LEW, Auburn, ME
- Destination: AUG, Augusta, ME
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: AUG, Augusta State Airport, runway 35

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 3; flight hours: 64 total, 36 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060215002289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060215002289A), Feb 15, 2006: Cessna 152, Augusta, ME, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot departed klew on a solo cross country flight to krkd-kaug-klew. Pilot deviated from flight plan by first attempting a touch and go to…

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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