Palm Beach County Airpark Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lantana, Florida 33462
Monday, September 18, 2006 12:15 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The student pilot was executing her fourth practice landing when the airplane bounced then landed hard. At the time of the landing on runway 07, the winds were reported to be from about 110 degrees at approximately 8 knots. There was no indication of any flight control or system anomaly or malfunction.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/18/2006
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1215
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Lantana
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 33462
Event Date Year 2006
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 263534N
Event Location Longitude 0800459W
Event Location Airport Palm Beach County Airpark
Event Location Nearest Airport ID KLNA
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 14
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 350
Weather Observation Facility ID KPBI
Elevation of weather observation facility 10
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 8
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 31
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 20
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 110
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.04
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 21155
NTSB Notification Source FAA Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date Sep 18 2006 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 26 2007 9:33AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\lema
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Fort Lauderdale FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N24403
NTSB Number SEA06LA193
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 152
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 15280254
Certified Max Gross Weight 1670
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Aviation H LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Delray Beach
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 33446
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Kemper Aviation
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Lantana
Operator State FL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 33462
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code KLNA
Departure City Lantana
Departure State FL
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1125
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code KLNA
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Dec 31 2006 9:15PM
User who most recently changed record STAM
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 09
Runway Length 3489
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --