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Cessna 152 N46541

23 June 2005 · Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 June 2005 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N46541 was involved in an accident near Greenville, Pennsylvania, 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 21:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport
Greenville Municipal Airport (4G1)
Coordinates
41.4469, -80.3914
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N46541
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Greenville → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC05CA112

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare, and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a nose gear collapse while landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on a 2,703-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During the flare for the fourth landing, the student pilot over-controlled and the airplane ballooned up. The student pilot then applied forward force to the yoke, and the airplane bounced on the runway twice, collapsing the nose gear. The airplane came to rest on the runway, and sustained substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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