Cessna 152 N1FC

Summary

On 20 June 2001 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N1FC was involved in an accident near Lapace, Louisiana, 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.

Date

20 June 2001 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lapace, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Saint John the Baptist (1L0)

Coordinates

30.0699, -90.5603

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N1FC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baton Rouge → New Orleans

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW01LA148

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot flared the airplane high, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot indicated that his traffic pattern was normal; however, when he flared, the airplane floated down the runway and gained some altitude. As the airplane "slowed, and neared a stall," the student pilot applied full power; however, that "did not effect the airplane's airspeed due to the high pitch altitude." The airplane "fell out of the sky approximately 8 feet" and impacted the runway with the main landing gear. The airplane bounced into the air, yawed to the right, and impacted the ground with the left main landing gear and the nose landing gear. The airplane skidded to the left, and the left wing impacted the ground. When the left wing impacted the ground, the airplane yawed left, collapsing the nose landing gear. Subsequently, the airplane came to rest upright on the left side of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.