- Date
- November 18, 1992, 11:54 local (16:54 UTC)
- Place
- Danville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4840HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921118047669A
- Case key
- 11889
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Probable cause
The student pilot's inadequate flare. A factor was the gusty wind.
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 pilot was on his first solo flight practicing full stop landings. According to the pilot, he had completed two landings successfully, when on the third landing, as he was about to flare, a gust of wind struck the airplane and lifted the left wing. The airplane touched down hard on the nosewheel which collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4840H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283982
- Airframe hours
- 4,731
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Tech Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aero Tech Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1992 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- DVK
- Airport
- DVK · Goodall, runway 3, 4,800 × 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 4 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.