- Date
- May 26, 1982, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5329BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820526020329A
- Case key
- 70873
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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.
Analysis
During landing, the student pilot bounced and then touched down hard. The nose gear failed and the firewall and propeller were damaged. The fixed base operator reported light turbulence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5329B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283837
- Airframe hours
- 1,076
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alan Lind
- Registered owner
- Harold K. Grove
- Departed
- GFK · Grand Forks, ND
- Destination
- GFK · Grand Forks, ND
- Airport
- GFK · Grand Forks, runway 8, 4,200 × 100 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
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 N5329B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.