- Date
- August 15, 1988, 14:11 local (19:11 UTC)
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94954Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880815032989A
- Case key
- 14140
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - not correctedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
On landing the aircraft bounced resulting in a porpoise. The nose gear collapsed rendering substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94954
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285822
- Airframe hours
- 2,422
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Vincent, Stephen M., doing business as Classic Aviation
- Registered owner
- Vincent, Stephen M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RWF · Redwood Falls, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud, runway 9L, 3,299 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 47 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.