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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC05CA112

2005-06-23 Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States Airport · 4G1 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N46541

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Engine

LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19790108

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A5AF2C

Registrant of record

JODKIN JASON

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The student pilot's improper flare, and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a nose gear collapse while landing.

Factual narrative

On June 23, 2005, about 1700 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N46541, was substantially damaged while landing at Greenville Municipal Airport (4G1), Greenville, Pennsylvania. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the solo instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The student pilot stated that he departed 4G1 about 1630, to practice takeoffs and landings. The student pilot completed three "touch and go's" to runway 33, a 2,703-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During the flare for the fourth landing, the student pilot "overcontrolled and ballooned up." The student pilot then applied forward force to the yoke, and the airplane bounced on the runway twice, collapsing the nose gear. The airplane came to rest on the runway, and sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported that the wind was light and variable at the time of the accident. The student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on a 2,703-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During the flare for the fourth landing, the student pilot over-controlled and the airplane ballooned up. The student pilot then applied forward force to the yoke, and the airplane bounced on the runway twice, collapsing the nose gear. The airplane came to rest on the runway, and sustained substantial damage. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2005_NYC05CA112.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (icing). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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