Cessna 152 N5155B
31 August 2009 · Merced, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 31 August 2009 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5155B, operated by Sierra Academy of Aeronautics, was involved in an accident near Merced, California, 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 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Merced, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Merced/Castle (MER)
- Coordinates
- 37.3806, -120.5681
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N5155B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Sierra Academy of Aeronautics
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Merced → Merced
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR09CA430
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear strut.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During the landing flare for a full-stop landing, the airplane touched down hard, and bounced into the air. The student pilot attempted to arrest the descent, but the airplane's nose wheel hit the runway surface with sufficient force to collapse the nose gear strut and to damage the firewall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 2009 | Cessna 152 | Crystal River, Florida, United States | Airline Career Associates (Orlando Flight Training | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 2009 | Cessna 152 | Ponce, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 24 Feb 2009 | Cessna 152 | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States | Fort Wayne Flight Academy Inc | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 2009 | Cessna 152 | Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 May 2009 | Cessna 152 | Opelousas, Louisiana, United States | T & M Aviation, INC | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jan 2009 | Cessna 152 | Long Beach, California, United States | Temco Sky Network | No injuries | - |
All 3,030 records for this type
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