- Date
- May 1, 1993, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Turner Falls, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49394Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930501025839A
- Case key
- 11927
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.
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
During a landing, the airplane became airborne again, then it bounced several times before it impacted the runway in a nose down attitude. The pilot reported that there were no airframe or engine anomalies before the landing. Also, he reported the winds were from 260 deg at 2 to 3 knots, but were gusting 5 to 8 knots. About 20 miles north at springfield, MA, the wind was from 010 degrees at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49394
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281234
- Airframe hours
- 5,836
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Collegiate Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Collegiate Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1993 · 131 hours before
- Airport
- 0B5 · Turner Falls, runway 34, 3,013 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 7 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CEF, 20 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.