19881204053909A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Denver, CO · December 4, 1988

Date: December 4, 1988 · 11:58 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Front Range Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4782B
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN89LA039
Reported as: Cessna 152
Reported engine: Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 42 total42 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N4782BRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Cessna 152S/N 15283632 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

Landed hard,bounced,came down on nose wheel and destroyed the wheel then nosed over. Anxiety and skill are factors.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED HARD,BOUNCED,CAME DOWN ON NOSE WHEEL AND DESTROYED THE WHEEL THEN NOSED OVER. ANXIETY AND SKILL ARE FACTORS.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB DEN89LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWatkins, COThe student plt was practicing touch and go landings during an unsupervised solo flight. Runway 26 was in use, with winds reported as 320 deg at 5 KTS. At the first landing, the acft touched down nose first, thirty feet left of the center line. The acft…Dec 4, 1988 · Substantial damage