- Date
- June 25, 1987, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Dothan, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45994Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870625027059A
- Case key
- 7464
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The comm plt held a helicopter rating and was training for his private pilot single-engine-land rating. He had flown approximately 10 hours in fixed wing aircraft with 6 hours as PIC. The pilot had completed two landings and on the thirdapproach stated he was high on final. He elected to continue the approach, landed hard, bounced at least twice and on the third bounce the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft came to a stop on the main gear and the nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45994
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282979
- Airframe hours
- 3,133
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2L, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dothan Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- T. E. Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 29, 1987 · 41 hours before
- Airport
- 37J · Wheelless, runway 25, 3,500 × 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 789 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 6 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 N45994 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.