# NTSB SEA06LA193: Cessna 152, N24403, Lantana, FL, September 18, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 2006, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Lantana, FL
- Coordinates: 26.592777, -80.083053
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5928&lon=-80.0831&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Fort Lauderdale FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64528
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06LA193
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64528/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA193

## 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).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The student pilot was executing her fourth practice landing when the airplane bounced then landed hard. At the time of the landing on runway 07, the winds were reported to be from about 110 degrees at approximately 8 knots. There was no indication of any flight control or system anomaly or malfunction.

## Factual narrative

On September 18, 2006, approximately 1215 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N24403, experienced a hard landing at Palm Beach County Airpark, Lantana, Florida. The student pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured, but the aircraft, which is owned by Aviation H LLC, and operated by Kemper Aviation, sustained substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 91, solo instructional flight, which departed the same airport about 50 minutes prior to the accident, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan had been filed.

According to the student pilot, who failed to meet the reporting requirements of 14 CFR, Part 830.15 (a), she was in the process of executing her fourth practice landing when the aircraft bounced back into the air immediately after its initial touchdown. During her attempt to get the aircraft back on the ground, it contacted the runway surface with sufficient force to result in substantial damage to the aircraft's airframe. At the time of the landing on runway 07, the winds were reported to be from about 110 degrees at approximately eight knots. According to the FAA inspector who responded to the accident, there was no indication of any flight control or system anomaly or malfunction.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24403](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24403), registered now, S/N 15280254, 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: 15280254
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kemper Aviation
- Registered owner: Aviation H LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: KLNA, Lantana, FL
- Destination: KLNA
- Airport: KLNA, Palm Beach County Airpark, runway 09, 3,489 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: KPBI, 8 nm away

## 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 20060918020679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060918020679A), Sep 18, 2006: Cessna 152, West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 18, 2006, a Cessna 152 registration number N24403, registered to aviation h LLC departed Palm Beach county airpark lantana, Florida (klna)…

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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