- Date
- August 29, 1984, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kirtland Afb, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6561QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840829044429A
- Case key
- 16473
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Aborted landing - not performedFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
Upon touchdown a hard landing was made after which the acft bounced and became airborne. The acft contacted the rwy hard at which time the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6561Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285273
- Airframe hours
- 1,434
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kirtland Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner
- James Mcdaniel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 20, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Kirtland Afb, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ABQ · Kirtland Afb, runway 3, 7,750 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 73
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 78 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.