Cessna 152 N47221
3 November 2008 · Spring, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 November 2008 at about 17:20 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N47221, operated by Robert Watts, was involved in an accident near Spring, Texas, 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 17:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Spring, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- David Wayne Hooks Memorial (DWH)
- Coordinates
- 30.0733, -95.5547
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N47221
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Robert Watts
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Spring → Spring
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN09CA048
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to apply appropriate actions following a bounced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
While performing a full-stop landing, the solo student pilot's improper flare resulted in a "bounced landing." During the recovery, the airplane began to porpoise. The airplane's third contact with the runway occurred in a nose-low attitude, collapsing the airplane's nose landing gear and damaging the airplane's firewall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 Aug 2008 | Cessna 152 | Glendale, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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All 3,030 records for this type
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