- Date
- August 5, 1990, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Cahokia, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757UXCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900805030299A
- Case key
- 14737
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Probable cause
Improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.
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 solo student pilot was returning from a cross country flight. The student pilot reported that the airplane initially touched down on the main landing gear and bounced back into the air. Control of the airplane was regained and during the second touchdown, the airplane settled onto its nose with the nosegear being collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757UX
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280024
- Airframe hours
- 1,967
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Belleville Area College
- Registered owner
- Belleville Area College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1990 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- VLA · Vandalia, IL
- Airport
- VLA · St. Louis Downtown Parks, runway 30R, 3,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 49 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPS, 1 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.