- Date
- October 6, 1983, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mitchellville, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6933Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6364
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Lack of total experience
Analysis
The student plt was on his 1st solo flt. During a landing, the acft began to porpoise after the 1st touchdown. When it contacted the rwy on the 3rd touchdonw, the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6933
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281669
- Airframe hours
- 1,707
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-12C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Freeway Airport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 2, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- WOO · Freeway, runway 19, 2,150 × ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 15 nm away