Cessna152

At about 1500 Pacific time, the airplane experienced a hard landing and sustained substantial damage during a post-crash fire. The solo student pilot was not injured. Visual conditions prevailed. After making six successful touch-and-go landings, the student noticed the winds were increasing. During the seventh approach, winds were variable and started to gust. While maintaining 55 knots over the approach end of the runway, the airplane suddenly drifted to the left. The student used ailerons and corrected to the centerline, but the airplane touched down hard and bounced. After the airplane came to rest, he saw smoke and fire, and evacuated the airplane.

At about 1534 Pacific time, the two aircraft collided in flight while approaching to land. The midair collision occurred at a location and in a flight direction consistent with the 172 entering the left-hand traffic pattern, and the 150 being in the patterns downwind leg. All four aboard both aircraft were fatally injured; a person on the ground also was killed. Both airplanes were fragmented during the midair collision and were subsequently destroyed upon falling nose down into buildings, automobiles and parking lots. A witness reported continuously observing both airplanes cruise toward each other for at least five seconds preceding the collision. No maneuvering was observed during the seconds immediately prior to the impact.

At approximately 1420 Central time, the airplane was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a reported loss of engine power during cruise flight. The student pilot and sole occupant was not injured. Visual conditions prevailed. According to an FAA inspector, the aircraft sustained structural damage during the forced landing. The inspector also reported that the flights duration was about 3.2 hours, according to the airplanes Hobbs meter. The airplane came to rest in the inverted position, and the inspector was not able to determine if the airplanes fuel tanks contained fuel.

The 79-hour solo student pilot later said he was on final approach at an indicated airspeed of 70 knots with the airplane configured with 20-degrees of flaps. After crossing over trees at the north end of the runway and while “still descending in a nose-down attitude…the airplane literally dropped out of the air.” The airplane struck the runway, collapsing the nose gear, and skidded approximately 900 feet before coming to rest on the main landing gear and the bottom of the engine cowling.

The two airplanes collided in flight at about 1150 feet, at approximately 1753 Eastern time. Visual conditions prevailed. Both airplanes received substantial damage and landed without further incident. The Pipers commercial pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. The Cessnas student pilot reported no injuries.

The airplane crashed into Lake Harris at about 2030 Eastern time while attempting to land. Visual conditions prevailed; the airplane was substantially damaged. The Private pilot sustained minor injuries while the passenger was not injured. The pilot subsequently stated that, after flying locally, he waited for thunderstorms to move away from the airport. He then flew to the airport and entered the traffic pattern but performed a go-around. He reentered the traffic pattern and, while on the base leg, he noted the precision approach path indicator lights indicated the airplane was low. He added full power but the engine did not respond. He turned onto final approach and after recognizing that…

The airplane sustained a loss of engine power after takeoff and impacted trees at about 1325 Eastern time during an instructional flight. Visual conditions prevailed; the Flight Instructor and the Student pilot were not injured. The airplane incurred substantial damage. A law enforcement officer responding to the accident scene reported that one of the pilots said the airplane engine lost power at about 300 feet after a routine touch and go landing. The pilots attempted to land on a road and impacted into trees, separating the left wing before crashing into a structure….

The airplane collided with the ground during an attempted landing at 2320 Central time. The 14-year-old non-certificated pilot was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. According to police, the boy had never flown an airplane before but went to the airport and found an airplane with keys in it. He flew for a few minutes and landed, then took off again. On the second flight, he flew a few minutes longer and attempted to land again. This time he landed hard and the airplane veered to the left. He stated that he added power in an attempt to go around but the airplane crashed on a road in a nosedown attitude and slid about 40 feet.The 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged wi…

The airplane was substantially damaged following a loss of control during landing at about 1030 Central time. The Student pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual conditions prevailed for the solo cross-country flight. Subsequently, the 71-hour Student pilot reported that the airplane bounced on landing and she lost control. She tried to regain control of the airplane but the airplane departed the right side of the runway. The pilot reported the brakes were ineffective in the knee-high grass and the airplane impacted a tree….

At about 1020 eastern time, a Cessna 152 was substantially damaged in a hard landing at Ormond Beach Airport. The student pilot, who was on her first unsupervised solo, was not injured. The pilot said she had flown the traffic pattern twice, and had made two uneventful landings. During preparations for her third landing, another pilot suggested on the Unicom frequency that all aircraft switch to a different runway. The student pilot said that switching runways in flight caused confusion for her. The airplane porpoised as she was executing the landing flare and touchdown of her third landing, and she was unable to gain control. The nose gear collapsed, the propeller contacted the runway, and…