ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352553
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 September 1999 |
| Time: | 20:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Harvey & Rihn Aviation Inc. |
| Registration: | N5093Q |
| MSN: | 15285073 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8617 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Porte, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Victoria, TX (KVCT) |
| (T41) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The solo student pilot landed the airplane hard on the nose landing gear after touching down long on the 4,165 foot long runway. The airplane subsequently bounced and porpoised, resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear. The student pilot was scheduled for a two-leg day VFR cross country flight. During the first leg of the flight, the student pilot was temporarily disoriented, and ended up flying 30 minutes beyond his intended destination. The pilot was able to land at an airport, where he topped off the airplane with fuel. The unscheduled landing delayed the pilot's scheduled itinerary by at least one hour. Dark night conditions prevailed by the time he entered the traffic pattern on the downwind leg for runway 30. The pilot reported that he was high on his first approach, and executed a go-around. The student pilot had 2.6 hours of night flight with his flight instructor, and he had not been cleared for night solo flights.
Probable Cause: The pilot's hard landing as result of his improper landing flare and his improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were the prevailing dark night conditions and the student pilot's lack of total experience in night operations.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW99LA264
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Mar-2024 08:04 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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