- Date
- May 10, 1983, 12:23 local (17:23 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69353Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12168
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flare - improperCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Analysis
The student plt took off from midway arpt, flew to another arpt to practice landings, then returned to midway to land. While he was on an approach to land on rwy 22R, the tower controller requested that the student make a short approach due to other traffic. While landing with a wind from 130 deg at 10 KTS, the acft bounced on the 1st touchdown, then landed nosewheel 1st. Subsequently, the nose gear assembly was damaged & a fuel tank was ruptured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69353
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152
- Airframe hours
- 1,751
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Koz8cki Robert W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 17, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- MDW · Midway, runway 22R, 5,508 × 175 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 35 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW