LAS VEGAS, NV, USA
N5531M
Cessna 152
After flying in the practice area, the student pilot returned to the traffic pattern to perform touch-and-go landings in a calm wind condition. The student stated that as she flared to land, the airplane bounced. After several bounces, the nose landing gear collapsed. According to the operator, the student's instructor had not followed the school training cirriculum and had provided inadequate instruction regarding recovery from difficulties in the landing phase of flight.
On March 7, 1996, about 1355 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna 152, N5531M, was substantially damaged after the nose landing gear collapsed during a landing at North Las Vegas, Nevada. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight and no flight plan was filed. The pilot was to perform a series of touch-and-go landings on runway 07. The student pilot stated that she was coming in from the practice area for the first touch-and-go landing. She stated that the winds were calm and during the flare the airplane bounced. After several bounces the nose gear collapsed. According to the operator, the flight instructor did not follow the training curriculum with the student. The student had not been given instruction regarding recovery from difficulties in the landing phase of flight.
the student pilot's improper flare and improper recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing and collapse of the nose gear. A factor relating to the accident was: the flight instructor's inadequate instruction concerning recovery from bounced landings.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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