- Date
- April 8, 1986, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757JZCessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860408019739A
- Case key
- 11244
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft nosed over following a loss of control during touchdown. The student plt stated the acft bounced after touching down on all three landing gears. The pilot stated she may have panicked and pushed the control yoke forward. The acft touched down on the nose wheel and the nose gear collapsed. It then traveled off the right side of the rwy where it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757JZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279789
- Airframe hours
- 2,296
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Professional Flight Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 1986
- Airport
- W28 · P.G. Airpark, runway 24, 2,580 × 36 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 47 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA, 9 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.