# NTSB NYC93LA148: Cessna 152, N25211, Fryeburg, ME, August 8, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 8, 1993, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC) - Place: Fryeburg, ME - Location: 44.0201° N, 70.9720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fryeburg, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0201&lon=-70.9720&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 30, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38626 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC93LA148 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38626/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA148 ## Probable cause THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING RESULTING IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR AND THE SUBSEQUENT NOSE OVER. A FACTOR WAS AN IMPROPER FLARE. ## 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 (contributing factor) - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed (contributing factor) - Hard landing, landing - roll ## Analysis THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND WAS PERFORMING HER SECOND SOLO LANDING, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 14 THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. AFTER LEAVING THE RUNWAY SURFACE THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. ## Factual narrative On Sunday, August 8, 1993, at about 0930 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N25211, piloted by Ms. Susan Sexton, nosed over after landing at the Fryeburg Airport, Fryeburg, Maine. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91. According to the student pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2: ...on my second solo landing of that day the mishap occurred...3rd landing [of the day]. I touched down on the center line of runway 14. The plane bounced. The nose wheel collapsed and there was no rudder control. The plane swerved to the left...ran off the runway...nosed over and came to rest upside down." According to FAA Inspector, Dayton Mosher's report: ...evidence on the runway begins with 4' of rubber...a deep prop nick...15' of rubber, clear for 45'...15' of rubber...another deep prop nick...18 successive prop nicks starting...at approximately 30" intervals to a final interval of 102". The prop nicks continue for approx [sic] 56' followed by 25' of rubber until evidence of a cowling rub for 72' occurs. This entire sequence starts at the left of centerline and continues in a left curve to the soft dirt at the side of the runway. The acft [sic] slid in the soft dirt for approx [sic] 30' until flipover occurred...Ms. Sexton's statement to me was "landed, bounced harder than normal, nose wheel collapsed, lost steering... At the time of the accident the student pilot had logged a total of 96.8 flight hours, 13.9 of which were solo flight hours, and 72 flight hours in this make and model airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N25211](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25211-2013-04-29), registration cancelled 2013-04-29, S/N 15280530, 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: 80530 - Engines: LYCOMING O-235- L2C 108 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: Unknown - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Fryeburg Aviation - Registered owner: Avery Lavris E. Jr. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 28, 1993, 30 hours before - Departed: B20 - Destination: B20 - Airport: B20, Easternslopes, runway 14, 3,750 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 32; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 97 total, 72 in this make and model, 14 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg ## 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 19930808027949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930808027949A), Aug 8, 1993: Cessna 152, Fryeburg, ME, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Nose wheel collapsed from overstress. Nosed over. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.