- Date
- February 22, 1984, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- South Branch, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757THCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12702
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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 plt was on a solo x-country flt. He reported that when he landed, the acft bounced twice. After the 2nd bounce, the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over. The plt reported that the grass strip was rough & not well maintained & that the ground was soft. Also, he said there were tall trees near the apch end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757TH
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279988
- Airframe hours
- 17,192
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Highflight Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1983 · 1,955 hours before
- Departed
- D13 · Fraser, MI
- Destination
- 7Y0 · South Branch, MI
- Airport
- 7YO · Timbers Sky Camp, runway 18, 2,100 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg