19990105012229I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Phoenix, AZ · January 5, 1999

Date
January 5, 1999 · 08:49 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69189
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total23 in this make and model25 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 stated the following. On approach to landing the flaps went down to 20 degrees and would not move either up or down after that. Student continued flying the wpproach while attempting to get the flaps to work. Aircraft touched down hard and fast ( approximately 80 KIAS). Following the hard landing the aircraft bounced several times causing the student to lose control and exit the runway after which the aircraft came to rest. During post incident inspection of the aircraft the flaps were observed to intermittently stick at the 20 degree position. Subsequently mechanical inspection by operator determined that the flap motor was burned out.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT STATED THE FOLLOWING. ON APPROACH TO LANDING THE FLAPS WENT DOWN TO 20 DEGREES AND WOULD NOT MOVE EITHER UP OR DOWN AFTER THAT. STUDENT CONTINUED FLYING THE WPPROACH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET THE FLAPS TO WORK. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND FAST ( APPROXIMATELY 80 KIAS). FOLLOWING THE HARD LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING THE STUDENT TO LOSE CONTROL AND EXIT THE RUNWAY AFTER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. DURING POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE FLAPS WERE OBSERVED TO INTERMITTENTLY STICK AT THE 20 DEGREE POSITION. SUBSEQUENTLY MECHANICAL INSPECTION BY OPERATOR DETERMINED THAT THE FLAP MOTOR WAS BURNED OUT.