# Accident 19980228005959A: Cessna 152, Warrenton, VA, February 28, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5863° N, 77.7106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARRENTON/FAUQUIER (HWY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5863&lon=-77.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25275, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25275-2012-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980228005959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BOUNCED. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR ON LANDING.  FIRST SOLO.               (.4)DURING THE PILOT'S FIRST SUPERVISED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED THREE TIMES, AND THEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR, AND THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 IAD98LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA033), Feb 28, 1998: Cessna 152 (N25275), Warrenton, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N25275 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860616041529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860616041529I), Jun 16, 1986: Cessna 152 (N25275), Ft Collins, CO. Fuel exhaustion on solo cross country. Landed in a field. Student did not have logbook or certificate on person.

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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