- Date
- November 30, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salisbury, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68001Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881130070489A
- Case key
- 7964
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident occurred during the student pilot's first supervised-solo flight. The student reported that she pushed the acft's nose down while on final appch after realizing she was too high, which led to an increase in airspeed. The student's instructor reported that the airplane was too high and too fast on final aprch. The airplane subsequently made a 3-point landing and bounced. The student lowered the nose, and the airplane touched down again and started porpoising. On the third bounce, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane skidded to a stop. The airplane sustained structural damage to the engine firewall during the mishap.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68001
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282131
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hess Aviation
- Registered owner
- Rock Hill Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Airport
- RUQ · Rowan County, runway 20, 4,200 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.