Probable cause
The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.
NTSB analysis
The student pilot performed three landings earlier that day with his flight instructor and then was signed off for his first solo flight. The student departed and remained in the traffic pattern, and the airplane bounced during the first landing. After bouncing three times, the nose landing gear fork and wheel assembly separated, and the propeller impacted the runway.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount and firewall. The operator reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA17CA221 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 29, 2017
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Miami, Florida
- Nearest airport
- Miami Executive Airport (TMB)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 152
- N-number
- N53396
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1979
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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