Pilot Debrief

CESSNA 152 near Oxford, NC — 2013-05-14

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Date
2013-05-14
Location
Oxford, NC, USA
Airport
HNZ
Aircraft
CESSNA 152
Registration
N4844H
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The student pilot’s improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

NTSB narrative

The student pilot was performing a supervised solo flight in the airport traffic pattern. Following an uneventful circuit around the traffic pattern, and while on final approach to the runway, the pilot held the airplane in a nose-low attitude in order to avoid losing airspeed. The pilot then flared the airplane “too late,” and the nose landing gear impacted the runway hard, resulting in substantial damage to the engine firewall. The pilot did not report any pre-impact mechanical anomalies of the airplane, nor were any discovered during post-accident examination of the airframe.

NTSB coding

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Docket documents5

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