- Date
- July 26, 1983, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N789MFCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830726035649A
- Case key
- 12278
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 acft bounced during landing and collapsed the nose gear. The student pilot was practicing landings and had been successful on 4. The fifth in the series was intended to be the last one. The pilots recommendation for prevention was to go around as soon as the bouncing started.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N789MF
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280998
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- University Of Michigan Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1983 · 81 hours before
- Airport
- ARB · Ann Arbor, runway 6, 3,500 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.