- Date
- April 1, 1988, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68726Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880401009629A
- Case key
- 7726
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt rptd that the airplane was low on final appch, and that he applied pwr to maintain altitude. After crossing the rwy threshold, he reduced the pwr to idle & lowered the nose to maintain airspeed. He initiated a flare prior to touchdown, but the airplane landed hard in a nose-low attitude. The airplane began to porpoise, and the nose ldg gear collapsed. The airplane subsequently skidded off of the side of the rwy. The student plt had approx 14 hrs of solo experience and was endorsed for solo flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68726
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282339
- Airframe hours
- 4,085
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charleston Afb Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- CHS · Charleston Afb, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- JZI · Charleston Executive, runway 9, 5,000 × 150 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 46 total · 46 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHS, 12 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.