Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Easton/Newman Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Easton, Maryland 21601
Friday, August 23, 2013 10:34 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 23, 2013, about 1034 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N4922P, was substantially damaged during landing at Easton/Newman Airport (ESN), Easton, Maryland. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight, which originated from Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NHK), Patuxent River, Maryland, about 0955. The instructional flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
The student pilot stated that she was conducting a solo cross-country flight, with ESN being the first of two planned stops before returning to NHK. During landing on runway 04, the student felt the main landing gear touch down, followed by the nose landing gear. She reported that the airplane then “bounced,” and subsequently observed the nose landing gear wheel rolling down the runway in front of the airplane. The student pulled back “hard” on the control yoke, and the airplane settled back onto the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the engine firewall.
A witness who observed the landing stated that the airplane “porpoised” and subsequently bounced twice before impacting the ground at a “steep angle.”
The nose landing gear assembly, including the wheel axle, ferrule, and bolt, were retained for further examination.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/23/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1034 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Easton |
| Event State | MARYLAND |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 21601 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 384750N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0760419W |
| Event Location Airport | Easton/Newman Field |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ESN |
| 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 | 72 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1055 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | ESN |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 72 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 18000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 25 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 20 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 360 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| 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 | METAR KESN 231455Z 36005KT 10SM BKN180 OVC200 25/2 |
| 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) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA EROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 12 2013 2:01PM |
| User who most recently changed record | vioa |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4922P |
| NTSB Number | ERA13LA379 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 152 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15284842 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1670 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| 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 | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 20 2013 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 70 |
| Airframe Hours | 10839 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | C91-A |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PATUXENT RIVER NAVY FLYING CLUB |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | PATUXENT RIVER |
| Aircraft Owner State | MD |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 20670-0332 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | PATUXENT RIVER NAVY FLYING CLUB |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | PATUXENT RIVER |
| Operator State | MD |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 20670-0332 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Airport Code | NHK |
| Departure City | Patuxent River |
| Departure State | MD |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 955 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | NHK |
| Destination City | Patuxent River |
| Destination State | MD |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 12 2013 2:02PM |
| User who most recently changed record | vioa |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 04 |
| Runway Length | 5500 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |