# Accident 19960530012149A: Cessna 152, Eau Claire, WI, May 30, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Eau Claire, WI
- Airport: Chippewa Valley Reg Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8197° N, 91.4895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8197&lon=-91.4895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94647, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94647-1997-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235N2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 609 total, 77 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960530012149A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT PUSHED NOSE DOWN INSTEAD OF FLARING ON FINAL, NOSE STRUCK GROUND, FIRE ENSUED. (-23) SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 22 EAU, INSTEAD OF FLARING, STUDENT PUSHED NOSE DOWN, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, NOSE HIT GROUND, STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR ABANDONED AIRCRAFT UNINJURED. AIRCRAFT BURNED AFTER NOSE GEAR PENETRATED BELLY SKIN RUPTURING FUEL LINE BETWEEN FUEL SHUT-OFF VALVE AND GASCOLATOR.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (.4)WHILE PERFORMING PRACTICE CROSSWIND LANDINGS, THE STUDENT PILOT PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD IN THE FLARE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT HE COULD NOT REACT IN TIME, AND THE AIRPLANE STRUCK NOSE GEAR FIRST, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE UPPER-SCISSOR ASSEMBLY PENETRATED THE BELLY SKIN AND RUPTURED THE MAIN FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE LOW-POINT DRAIN AND THE GASCOLATOR. SUBSEQUENTLY, A FIRE ERUPTED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA180), May 30, 1996: Cessna 152 (N94647), Eau Claire, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: the flight instructor's inadequate supervision. A factor relating to the accident was: the student pilot's improper flare.

## Other reports on N94647 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910120000889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910120000889A), Jan 20, 1991: Cessna 152 (N94647), Eau Claire, WI. Studen on first solo lost directional control. Veered into snowbank and flipped over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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