- Date
- August 26, 1982, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Collins, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757AVCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820826043509A
- Case key
- 70774
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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.
Hard landing
Level off - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Analysis
During a supervised solo flight, the student pilot bounced during landing, ran off the side of the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757AV
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279594
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward E. Reynolds
- Registered owner
- Edward E. Reynolds
- Departed
- IV4 · Ft. Collins, CO
- Destination
- IV4 · Ft. Collins, CO
- Airport
- IV4 · Loveland-Ft.Collins, runway 33, 6,404 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.