Titusville, FL, USA
N49005
Cessna 152
The student stated that upon landing, the airplane bounced twice, and on the second bounce, the airplane hit hard and the nose gear broke. The instructor stated that while observing his student land, the airplane bounced twice and the nose gear collapsed. No mechanical failures or malfunctions existed to the airplane or any of its systems.
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The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing resulting in substantial damage to the airplane.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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