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Cessna 152 N4711L

21 August 2000 · Wichita Falls, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 August 2000 at about 14:45 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N4711L was involved in an accident near Wichita Falls, Texas, 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 14:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Wichita Falls, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Kickapoo Downtown Airpark (T47)
Coordinates
33.8597, -98.4901
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N4711L
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW00LA238

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilot's delayed landing flare and failure to recover from the ensuing bounced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot attempted to land on runway 17 with 20 degrees of flaps. According to the pilot, during the landing, the nose landing gear touched the runway first, 'causing the aircraft to bounce.' The airplane bounced a second time, and 'then on contact with the runway the third time, the nose gear collapsed.' Subsequently, the airplane skidded to the left edge of the runway, and came to rest upright. The pilot reported that he was never made aware of how to recover from a bounced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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