- Date
- August 1, 1983, 18:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24814Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830801037869A
- Case key
- 6149
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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 acft nosed over after a solo student pilot lost directional control during landing. The wind was from the south at 5 to 10 KTS. Because of the wind and turbulence the CFI had flown one pattern with him. The student made the landing without assistance. The CFI got out and the student made a successful solo landing. On the 2nd approach he was too high and went around. On the 3rd approach he was high again and unsteady in the wind. The acft bounced on touchdown and the student applied the brakes throughout a series of bounces followed by the acft nosing over off the left side of the rwy. The student had been instructed to make full stop landings using 20 degrees of flaps and 60 KTS of airspeed on final approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24814
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15080394
- Airframe hours
- 2,069
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- David E. Sharp
- Registered owner
- James Purvis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 10, 1983 · 71 hours before
- Airport
- GAI · Montgomery County, runway 14, 4,200 × 75 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots, gusting 11
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA, 21 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.