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Cessna 152 N5416M

17 August 1999 · Ocala, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 August 1999 at about 12:40 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5416M was involved in an accident near Ocala, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 12:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Ocala, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Ocala Regional (OCF)
Coordinates
29.1600, -82.2095
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N5416M
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA99LA225

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

A misjudged flare and the failure of the student pilot to use the proper recovery technique for a bounced landing, allowing the airplane to commence a porpoise, and the eventual collapse of the nose landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During his solo landing, the student pilot was observed to pull the nose up to the landing attitude a little early, relative to the height above the runway, hold the landing attitude, and touch down hard enough to cause a bounced landing. A series of oscillatory, porpoising maneuvers resulted, and the nose gear separated. The airplane slid to a stop on the main landing gear and the nose cowl.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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