ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234302
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 September 2019 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Purdue Aviation Llc |
| Registration: | N6450B |
| MSN: | 15283935 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lafayette, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Lafayette, IN (LAF) |
| Lafayette, IN (LAF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The solo student pilot reported that, shortly after the airplane landed, it ballooned and then bounced twice. Subsequently, the airplane pitched down, and the nose landing gear struck the runway and then collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine frame. The pilot 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 bounced landing and subsequent nose landing gear collapse.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1983 | N6450B | Clear Lake Aviation Inc. | 0 | League City, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Mar-2020 18:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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