- Date
- September 13, 1999, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5337LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990913042409A
- Case key
- 47511
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Probable cause
Improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was executing an approach to land with a head wind. The approach was normal, and he classified his airspeed as 'good.' The pilot reported that just before touchdown a gust of wind from the right lifted the airplane. The airplane started to bounce, and on the third bounce, the nose wheel collapsed. Approximately 10 minutes after the accident, winds were reported as 150 degrees magnetic at 7 knots.
Factual narrative
On September 13, 1999, at 1445 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N5337L, was substantially damaged during a bounced landing at Sanford Municipal Airport, Sanford, Maine. The certificated private pilot was not injured, and meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal local flight that originated from Sanford. No flight plan was filed, and the flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, he was executing an approach to land on runway 14. The approach was normal, and he classified his airspeed as "good." He added that just before touchdown, a gust of wind from the right lifted the airplane. The airplane started to bounce, and on the third bounce, the nose wheel collapsed.
An automated weather observation taken approximately 10 minutes after the accident recorded the wind as 150 degrees magnetic at 7 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5337L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284296
- Airframe hours
- 8,457
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sanford Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1999 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- SFM · ME
- Airport
- SFM · Sanford Regioanl, runway 14, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 52 in this make and model · 54 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.