- Date
- December 14, 1985, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4655PCessna 152 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851214076139A
- Case key
- 13392
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Flight/nav instruments,airspeed indicator - false indication
Hard landing
Precautionary landing - performed
Anxiety/apprehensionFactor
Flare - not performedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Analysis
During initial climbout the student plt saw his IAS drop 10 KTS. He aborted the takeoff and land hard on the nose gear. Gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4655P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284794
- Airframe hours
- 1,657
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A & M Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 1985 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- ARR · Aurora, IL
- Destination
- AQI · Sterling, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ARR · Aurora, runway 27, 5,100 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 70 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.