- Date
- April 5, 1983, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Conway, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6521BCessna 152B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830405011259A
- Case key
- 6045
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Analysis
The acft bounced during a hard landing and stalled about 10 feet AGL. The second contact with the runway occurred with the nose gear first. The nose gear then collapsed. This was a training flight with a solo student pilot as pilot in command. The weather was VMC and no flt plan was filed. The student had made 6 takeoffs and landings and some air work before coming in for a full stop landing. A witness reported that the approach was normal but the acft was flared too high. It hit on the main gear and bounced about 10-15 feet, stalled and impacted the runway nose low.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6521B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283943
- Airframe hours
- 2,401
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North American Institue Of Am.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 2, 1983 · 43 hours before
- Airport
- HYW · Conway - Horry, runway 4, 3,710 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRE, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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