- Date
- November 8, 1984, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Reidsville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93152Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841108075769A
- Case key
- 6703
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was making a full stop landing and after bouncing a few times the acft nosed over. The plt said the acft porpoised and his attempts to recover were unsuccessful. The winds were calm and no mechanical malfunctions were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93152
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285421
- Airframe hours
- 956
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Atlantic Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gordon L. Pfefferkorn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- GSO · Greensboro, NC
- Airport
- NC14 · Shiloh, runway 13, 5,200 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 68 total · 68 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO
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 N93152 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.