19871014059699A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Columbia, SC · October 14, 1987

Date
October 14, 1987 · 12:55 local
Place
Columbia, SC
Airport
Columbia Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5117B
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88LA011
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235H2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total36 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot failed to correct low altitude on final and the aircraft landed hard 8 feet short of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO CORRECT LOW ALTITUDE ON FINAL AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD 8 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.