Cessna152

Recent general aviation and air carrier accidents

The airplane’s nose landing gear fork failed during landing at about 1430 Central time. The solo student pilot was uninjured. The airplane sustained substantial firewall damage. Visual conditions prevailed.

At about 1810 Pacific time, the airplane experienced a loss of engine power while on approach for landing. The pilot made a forced landing in an open field. During the landing rollout, the airplane struck a culvert and nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The solo student pilot was not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its tail section and wings. Visual conditions prevailed.

The solo student pilot reported airspeed was too fast during the landing flare and touchdown. The airplane bounced on the runway. She did not take corrective action and the airplane continued to bounce. She let go of the yoke and “hit” the brakes. The airplane nosed down and its propeller hit the runway, bending the firewall.

The two airplanes collided at about 0945 Mountain time, at 4500 feet msl. Neither the flight instructor or student in the PA-18-161 were injured, but one of the private pilots in the Cessna 152 received serious injuries, and the second private pilot was killed. At the time of the collision, the Piper PA-28-161 was in a holding pattern associated with a nearby GPS approach while the Cessna 152 was in an en route climb after departing an unrelated airport. The airplanes were operating in visual conditions.

The airplane was destroyed at about 1121 Pacific time when it descended into terrain. Visual conditions prevailed. The private pilot and passenger were killed. A witness observed an airplane matching the make and model of the accident airplane make two high and fast approaches to land. After the second approach, the pilot initiated another go-around, which the witness described as employing a pitch attitude of about 45 degrees and left bank angle of about 60 degrees. The witness lost sight of the airplane seconds later but, a few minutes later, observed the crashed airplane next to the road on which he was driving.

The airplane experienced partial power loss while in the traffic pattern, and landed short of the approach end of the runway at 1634 Pacific time. The solo private pilot was not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. Visual conditions prevailed.

The airplane sustained substantial damage at 1353 Central time when it impacted the runway during landing. Visual conditions prevailed; the solo student pilot was not injured. This was the student pilots first solo flight; her instructor observed from a distance. The pilot made a landing approach and flared prematurely, landing hard. The airplane bounced and struck the runway, collapsing the nose gear.

The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings in calm wind conditions and inadvertently landed near the left edge of the runway. During the landing roll, he did not correct back to the runway centerline prior to adding power for takeoff. Soon after adding power, the airplane departed the left side of the runway. By the time the pilot was able to bring the airplane to a stop, it had traveled about 900 feet over uneven terrain. Prior to the time the airplane came to a stop, its nose landing gear strut collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the firewall.

At 1400 Eastern time the airplane was substantially damaged during a forced landing after a total loss of engine power. The private pilot and the passenger reported no injuries. Visual conditions prevailed.