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Cessna 152 N802MC

9 June 2004 · Elyria, Ohio, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 June 2004 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N802MC was involved in an accident near Elyria, Ohio, 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 18:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States
Nearest airport
Elyria Airport (1G1)
Coordinates
41.3314, -82.1003
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N802MC
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Elyria → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC04CA138

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was conducting his first solo flight, and was landing on a 3,053-foot-long, 48-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During touchdown, the airplane encountered a gust of wind, and bounced off to the left side of the runway. The student pilot attempted to abort the landing, but the nose wheel struck tall grass, and the airplane came to rest inverted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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