# NTSB NYC07CA013: Cessna 152, N68727, Lancaster, PA, October 27, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 27, 2006, 09:49 local (13:49 UTC)
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Coordinates: 40.121665, -76.296112
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1217&lon=-76.2961&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64767
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC07CA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64767/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA013

## Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate flare, which resulted in a nosegear collapse during landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

The student pilot was conducting his first solo flight in a Cessna 152.  He had completed two landings on runway 13, a 4,102-foot long, 100-foot wide, asphalt runway.  During the third landing, the student pilot did not flare enough, and the airplane touched down nose low.  The nosegear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest on the runway.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot stated that he was conducting his first solo flight in a Cessna 152.  He had completed two landings on runway 13, a 4,102-foot long, 100-foot wide, asphalt runway.  During the third landing, the student pilot did not flare enough, and the airplane touched down nose low.  The nosegear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest on the runway.  During the collapse, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall.  The reported wind at the airport, about the time of the accident, was from 070 degrees at 5 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68727](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68727-2020-08-07), registration cancelled 2020-08-07, S/N 15282340, built 1978 (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: 15282340
- Engines: Lycoming O-235 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Aero Tech Services
- Registered owner: Aero Tech Services
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LNS, Lancaster, PA
- Destination: LNS
- Airport: LNS, Lancaster Airport, runway 13, 4,102 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3; flight hours: 20 total, 17 in this make and model, 0 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.18 inHg
- Observed at: LNS

## 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 20061027031279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061027031279A), Oct 27, 2006: Cessna 152, Lancaster, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot, on his first solo flight, failed to flare during landing on rwy 13 at Lancaster county airport (klns). The aircraft touched down heavy…

## Other investigations on N68727 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA19CA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19CA148), Apr 8, 2019: Cessna 152 (N68727), Lancaster, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a runway marker.

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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