- Date
- June 11, 1984, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marine City, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4857BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840611023929A
- Case key
- 12648
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt reached down to adjust the trim after touchdown & the acft became airborne again. The acft then bounced hard, 2 times, & the student made a go-around. He did not realize the extent of the nose gear damage until after the next landing. During the landing roll-out, the acft nosed down. The prop, eng cowl, firewall, eng mount & left wing tip were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4857B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283676
- Airframe hours
- 1,413
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Marine City Aviation
- Registered owner
- Willis C. Manter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 3, 1984 · 13 hours before
- Airport
- 76G · Marine City, runway 4, 2,248 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 47 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 46 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.
Other investigations on N4857B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.