- Date
- September 29, 1985, 18:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Delta, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24278Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850929047939A
- Case key
- 13221
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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.
Nose gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
The plt was performing a soft fld landing. When the nose wheel settled onto the airstrip it dug into the soft terrain, collapsed and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24278
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280191
- Airframe hours
- 755
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carlton L Kissling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 10, 1984 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- I95 · Kenton, OH
- Destination
- 40I6 · Delta, OH
- Airport
- 40I6 · Delta Wines, runway 27, 2,650 × 150 ft, grass/turf
N24278Registration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 208 total · 201 in this make and model · 125 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 25 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.