- Date
- December 28, 1982, 09:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Conway, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6537PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821228065089A
- Case key
- 70330
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot stated he attempted to land beyond the mid-point of the runway from a high threshold position with full flaps deployed. The aircraft was forced onto the runway, bounced 3 times, and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6537P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285030
- Airframe hours
- 45
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 11 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- North Americn Institute Of Avi
- Registered owner
- North Americn Institute Of Avi
- Departed
- HYW · Conway, SC
- Destination
- HYW · Conway, SC
- Airport
- HYW · Conway-Horry County, runway 4, 3,700 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6537P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.