- Date
- August 3, 1982, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Belvidere, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65561Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820803034779A
- Case key
- 69925
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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 student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings. On his last landing, the nosewheel struck the ground hard. He reported that there was damage to the nosewheel, and firewall and the engine and propeller were bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65561
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281619
- Airframe hours
- 1,876
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- M.S.T. Aviation
- Registered owner
- M.S.T. Aviation
- Departed
- Belvidere, IL
- Destination
- Belvidere, IL
- Airport
- L36 · Belvidere, runway 18, 2,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.