- Date
- September 1, 1992, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Great Barringto, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4792MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920901035029A
- Case key
- 11845
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's inadequate flare and failure to maintain directional control.
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 student pilot reported that she was attempting to correct for a crosswind during landing when she 'pulled the nose up too far' and bounced hard on the runway. The pilot stated that she then added power to try to recover, but the aircraft bounced onto the runway again. Subsequently, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4792M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284483
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bluebird Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bluebird Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1993
- Departed
- DXR · Danbury, CT
- Airport
- GBR · Great Barrington, runway 29, 2,579 × 50 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 44 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.