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FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · San Jose, CA · October 30, 2000

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Date
October 30, 2000 · 09:00 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
San Jose International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N45961
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
22 total22 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days
N45961Registration cancelled Nov 14, 2008 · Cessna 152S/N 15282961Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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.

(-23)The pilot stated that he was attempting to make a landing on runway 29 at the San Jose International Airport on San Jose, CA. Upon touchdown he felt a nose landing gear wheel shimmy. The pilot stated that when he noticed the shimmy he applied some braking action in an attempt to eliminate the shimmy. He could not comprehend wht he was doing wrong. However, the pilot's instructor was observing the entire landing from the aircraft ramp and in his statement to this office, he stated that the aircraft bounced about four (4) feet. At this point, instead of holding the nose up and adding power to slow the descent rate, the pilot let the nose drop. The aircraft bounced another 4 or 5 times. The nose wheel hit the ground first, then the main wheels touched down. The sudden drop of the nose caused the aircraft to come down hard on the nose landing gear causing the nose landing gear to collapse in the aft direction. When the nose landing gear collapsed it caused the propeller to strike the ground. The aircraft veered to the right and came to a complete stop.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT THE SAN JOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON SAN JOSE, CA. UPON TOUCHDOWN HE FELT A NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL SHIMMY. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE NOTICED THE SHIMMY HE APPLIED SOME BRAKING ACTION IN AN ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE THE SHIMMY. HE COULD NOT COMPREHEND WHT HE WAS DOING WRONG. HOWEVER, THE PILOT'S INSTRUCTOR WAS OBSERVING THE ENTIRE LANDING FROM THE AIRCRAFT RAMP AND IN HIS STATEMENT TO THIS OFFICE, HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ABOUT FOUR (4) FEET. AT THIS POINT, INSTEAD OF HOLDING THE NOSE UP AND ADDING POWER TO SLOW THE DESCENT RATE, THE PILOT LET THE NOSE DROP. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ANOTHER 4 OR 5 TIMES. THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE GROUND FIRST, THEN THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN. THE SUDDEN DROP OF THE NOSE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO COME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE IN THE AFT DIRECTION. WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED IT CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP.