# NTSB NYC08CA047: Cessna 152, N461TC, Venice, FL, November 26, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 26, 2007, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Venice, FL
- Coordinates: 27.071388, -82.440277
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0714&lon=-82.4403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67166
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC08CA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67166/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA047

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper 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 - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - grass

## Analysis

During his first solo flight, the student pilot flew the Cessna 152 "fast" on final approach and flared higher than normal.  The airplane bounced on the runway, and the student pilot initiated a go-around.  He then lost control of the airplane, and it impacted grass off to the side of the runway.  The student pilot reported no mechanical anomalies and stated that he used 10-degrees of flaps instead of 30-degrees during the approach.  At the time of the accident, the student pilot had accumulated 23 hours of total flight experience, all in the make and model, and within the previous 90 days.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot reported that during his first solo flight, the Cessna 152 was "fast" on final approach, and he flared higher than normal.  The airplane bounced on the runway, and the student pilot initiated a go-around.  He then "lost control of the airplane," and it impacted grass off to the side of the runway.  The student pilot reported no mechanical anomalies and stated that he used 10 degrees of flaps instead of 30 degrees during the approach.  At the time of the accident, the student pilot had accumulated 23 hours of total flight experience, all in the make and model, and within the previous 90 days.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N461TC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N461TC), registered now, S/N 15283103, 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: 15283103
- Engines: Lycoming O-235 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Florida Flight Training Center
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Venice, FL
- Destination: VNC, Venice, FL
- Airport: VNC, Venice Municipal Airport, runway 13, 4,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 17; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Observed at: SRQ, 21 nm away

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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