VENICE, FL, USA
N49328
Cessna 152
The pilot stated he had successfully completed two touch and go and a full stop landing to the same runway. On this particular landing, his flight control inputs caused a higher than normal flare and a hard, simultaneous touchdown of the nose and right main landing gear, collapsing the nose gear, and causing a runway strike of the right wingtip, the propeller spinner and propeller.
On December 5,1999, about 0940 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N49328, registered to a private individual, operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at Venice Municipal Airport, Venice, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the same airport about 5 minutes before the accident. According to the pilot, he had previously completed two touch-and-go landings and one full-stop landing to the same runway. On this particular landing, he stated he was slipping the aircraft to correct for a left crosswind, and his perception was that the main landing gear touched down hard almost simultaneously with nose gear touch down, followed by a right roll that caused a propeller and right wing tip strike of the runway. The airplane sustained a collapsed nose landing gear, damage to the right wing spar, propeller, and spinner. According to an FAA inspector, the pilot stated to him that he misjudged the crosswind, resulting in his applying incorrect crosswind controls resulting in the hard landing. The hard landing caused deformation of the right wing spar and landing gear.
The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing and a collapsed nose landing gear.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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