ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234298
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 September 2019 |
| Time: | 11:18 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Us Aviation Group Llc |
| Registration: | N93069 |
| MSN: | 15285389 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14378 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Denton, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Denton, TX (DTO) |
| Denton, TX (DTO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot reported that, during landing, he flared the airplane too high. The airplane then sank, landed hard, and bounced multiple times, and the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount. The safety manager for the flight school reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and a nose landing gear collapse.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 May 1994 | N93069 | Tradewinds Aviation | 0 | Los Banos, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Mar-2020 18:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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