- Date
- May 30, 1991, 20:00 local (May 31, 1991, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holland, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714UHCessna 152 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910530018369A
- Case key
- 15082
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the touchdown and landing roll on a sod runway. Factors in the accident are the uneven terrain at the runway intersection, and the pilot's 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 pilot was practicing airwork and landings in preparation for his commercial pilot check ride. He decided to perform a soft field landing on a grass runway. He reported that the approach and landing flare were normal, but as the airplane touched down it contacted an area of pavement from a crossing runway/taxiway. The airplane bounced several times, the nosewheel collapsed, and the airplane came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714UH
- Reported as
- Cessna 152 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79440
- Airframe hours
- 4,265
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tulip City Air Service, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 29, 1990 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- HLM · Holland-Park Township, runway 3, 2,445 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 249 total · 62 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.