Cessna 152 Bounced Landing at Omni Aerodrome (RP-C8846)

Incident Overview and Investigation Authority On February 16, 2023, a Cessna 152 aircraft with registration RP-C8846, owned and operated by Omni Aviation Corporation, sustained substantial damage following a bounced landing at Omni Aerodrome. The incident occurred at approximately 1530H local time (0730 UTC) at the aerodrome located along Manuel A. Roxas Highway in Clark Freeport, Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines. The Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board (AAIIB) of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) conducted the investigation and released the final report on September 20, 2023. The operator notified the AAIIB at 1630H local time on the day of the occurrence. The flight was a visual flight rules (VFR) training exercise under visual meteorological conditions, with a VFR flight plan filed. The aircraft was operating under Philippine Civil Aviation Regulation (PCAR) Part 3. The AAIIB determined that the cause factor was the pilot’s failure to execute go-around procedures during an unstable approach for landing. The report was produced in accordance with Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Republic Act 9497 Section 42, and PCAR Part 13, and is intended solely for enhancing aviation safety without implying blame or liability. ## Flight History and Sequence of Events The aircraft took off from Omni Aerodrome with a student pilot on board for a series of solo accuracy landings within the traffic pattern. During the touchdown of the eighth landing, the aircraft bounced three times, and the nose landing gear collapsed. Seven propeller strikes were observed on the runway surface. The aircraft continued moving toward the right side of the runway for an additional 60 feet before coming to a full stop with a heading of 62 degrees at grid coordinates 15° 10’ 23” N; 120° 33’ 52” E. The student pilot egressed safely on his own after performing an engine shutdown. No search operation was deployed. No evidence of post-impact fire was noted during the on-site investigation. ## Personnel, Aircraft, and Aerodrome Details The student pilot was a male Filipino national born on July 31, 1996, holding student pilot license 140487 SPL valid until March 2, 2023, with a Class II medical certificate. He had a type rating for Airplane: Single engine Land C152 and logged 79+ hours on the C152 and 79+ hours total. The aircraft, a Cessna 152 manufactured in 1981 by Cessna Aircraft Company in the United States, had serial number 15284708 and an airframe total time of 18,835+31 hours. It was powered by a Lycoming 0-235-L2C piston engine (serial L-13716-15, 7,944+28 hours since new) and equipped with a Sensenich fixed-pitch 2-blade propeller (serial K10512, 7,775+48 hours since new). The certificate of airworthiness was valid until September 12, 2023, and the certificate of registration until December 18, 2023. The aircraft was not equipped with flight recorders, which was not required by existing CAAP regulations. Omni Aviation Corporation Aerodrome (ICAO designator PH-0178) is a private aerodrome in Mabalacat, Pampanga, with runway 02/20 measuring 640 meters in length and 16 meters in width. The runway elevation is 170.41 meters above mean sea level, with an asphalt surface and a slope of 0.14%. The approach to runway 02 is displaced 200 meters from the threshold to provide clearance from the Subic-Tarlac-Clark Expressway overpass. The aerodrome permits VFR traffic and is operated by OMNI Aviation Complex. The student pilot underwent medical and drug testing after the occurrence with no significant medical findings, and a post-flight accident medical examination was conducted by the Office of the Flight Surgeon and Aviation Medicine (OFSAM).