- Date
- August 18, 1999, 08:23 local (13:23 UTC)
- Place
- Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N869NECessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990818012709A
- Case key
- 47088
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Probable cause
the student pilot's improper use of elevator control during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings. The pilot said he landed normally, and after touching down, he pulled the yoke back to keep the nose wheel off the runway. The pilot said that the airplane became airborne again and then came down hard on the nosewheel. The airplane's nose gear collapsed and the airplane exited the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. No preexisting mechanical anomalies were reported by the pilot.
Factual narrative
On August 18, 1999, at 0823 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N869NE, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage during a touch-and-go landing, on runway 14L (4,060 feet by 75 feet, dry/concrete), at Eppley Airfield, Omaha, Nebraska. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The local flight had originated about 0815.
According to the pilot's logbook, the accident flight was the pilot's fourth solo flight. In a written statement, the pilot said he "... landed normally." The pilot said that after touching down, he "... pulled the yoke back to keep the nose wheel off the runway." The pilot said that the aircraft became airborne again and "...then came down hard on the nosewheel." The aircraft nose gear collapsed and the aircraft exited the runway.
Postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. No preexisting mechanical anomalies were reported by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N869NE
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280149
- Airframe hours
- 5,214
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Truman Arnold Companies
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1999 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- OMA
- Airport
- OMA · Eppley Airfield, runway 14L, 4,060 × 75 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.