- Date
- August 9, 1982, 09:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Avondale, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757ESCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820809035409A
- Case key
- 69862
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on a private pilot check flight with a designated flight examiner. While demonstrating balked landings, the go-around procedure was improper. Therefore, the examiner asked the student to repeat the procedure on the next approach (a short field landing approach). During the approach, the aircraft had drifted to the right when the go-around was initiated. Reportedly, the nose gear contacted a 2 ft burr along the edge of the runway. The flight examiner stated that apparently the student had raised the flaps full up when he initiated the go-around. At that point, the examiner took the controls and attempted to get the aircraft back on the runway and stopped, since it had slowed down too much to clear a 30 ft power line at the end of the runway. However, during touchdown, the plane nosed over. During the accident sequence, the nose wheel was driven completely aft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757ES
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279686
- Airframe hours
- 1,794
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Fremont Air Services
- Registered owner
- Nosh J. Tarachano
- Departed
- Avondale, CO
- Destination
- Avondale, CO
- Airport
- Huerfand Ag Airstrip, runway 35, 2,600 × 30 ft, dirt
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 37 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.