- Date
- July 16, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kent, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95469Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870716047409A
- Case key
- 7232
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on his third solo flight. As he was flaring to land, the aircraft ballooned twice and he initiated a recovery by adding power. However, the airplane settled and contacted the runway with the nosewheel first, damaging an engine mount & blowing out the nosewheel tire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95469
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285899
- Airframe hours
- 1,597
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kent State Univ.
- Registered owner
- Cessna Finance Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 11, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Airport
- 1G3 · Kent State, runway 19, 3,000 × 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 25 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.
Other investigations on N95469 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.