- Date
- April 3, 1985, 18:30 local (Apr 4, 1985, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66952Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850403014009A
- Case key
- 16660
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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
The student plt was on his 1st solo flt. His instructor plt reported that the student made a high & fast apch. The acft touched down on its main gear, bounced, then came down on the nose gear which collapsed. After the nose gear collapsed, the acft skidded off the rwy. Neither the student nor his instructor were properly certified. Neither had a current medical certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66952
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281687
- Airframe hours
- 1,635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Al Alder, doing business as Skyhawk Aviation
- Registered owner
- A & T Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985 · 34 hours before
- Airport
- U42 · Salt Lake City Municipal, runway 34, 5,700 × 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
- 28
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 13 nm away
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 N66952 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.