- Date
- October 10, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Cloud, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6332PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821010052089A
- Case key
- 72695
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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
While performing a touch-and-go landing, the pilot used a higher than normal speed. After touching down, the aircraft became airborne again, then began to porpoise. After about the 3rd or 4th bounce, the nose gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6332P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285002
- Airframe hours
- 878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harry Omann
- Registered owner
- St. Cloud Aviation
- Departed
- STC · St. Cloud, MN
- Destination
- STC · St. Cloud, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- STC · St. Cloud, runway 24R, 5,200 × 100 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 107 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 127 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6332P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.