Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to apply appropriate actions following a bounced landing.
NTSB analysis
While performing a full-stop landing, the solo student pilot's improper flare resulted in a "bounced landing." During the recovery, the airplane began to porpoise. The airplane's third contact with the runway occurred in a nose-low attitude, collapsing the airplane's nose landing gear and damaging the airplane's firewall.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN09CA048 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Nov 3, 2008
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Spring, Texas
- Nearest airport
- David Wayne Hooks Memorial (DWH)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 152
- N-number
- N47221
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.