- Date
- March 26, 1987, 10:52 local (15:52 UTC)
- Place
- Owensboro, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757LMCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870326008949A
- Case key
- 7397
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a solo practice flight, the 16 hour student pilot touched down on rwy 23 at 70 KIAS and allowed the aircraft to bounce out of control and land hard on the nose landing gear. After the third bounce, the nose gear collapsed and the acft skidded to a stop. There were no reported mechanical difficulties.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757LM
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279825
- Airframe hours
- 3,117
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bullfrog, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OWB · Owensboro, KY
- Airport
- OWB · Owensboro, runway 23, 3,700 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OWB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.