- Date
- September 23, 1990, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeville, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89038Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900923041759A
- Case key
- 14781
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Probable cause
The pilot in command attempting to force the airplane onto the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident airplane nosed down during a landing at the conclusion of a personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged although the private pilot, the only person aboard the airplane, was not injured. The pilot related in the pilot/operator aircraft accident report that during his landing flare he assumed a nose down attitude in an attempt to land as soon as possible because of a side drift. He then stated that the airplane touched down nose wheel first causing the nose wheel to collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89038
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282606
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flyteline Services Inc.
- Airport
- Y12 · Airlake, runway 29, 4,098 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 60 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 20 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.
Other investigations on N89038 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.