# NTSB Accident LAX97LA074
> **Cessna 152** · 1996-12-21 · PHOENIX, AZ, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA074
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07193
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-12-21
- **Location:** PHOENIX, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.680801, -112.089706
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N96049
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the student pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent porpoise and subsequent overload failure of the nose gear.

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