- Date
- July 6, 1985, 14:02 local (20:02 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Teresa, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5372BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850706033469A
- Case key
- 16770
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The helcopter plt was on a solo instructional flt in the Cessna 152 airplane. He had only 9 hrs flt time in fixed wing acft. While on a touch-&-go landing, the acft bounced as it touched down. It then bounced 2 more times with each bounce becoming progressively harder. After the 3rd bounce, the plt initiated a go-around. The acft climbed to aprx 50 to 60 ft AGL, then stalled & impacted on sandy soil to the left of the rwy. The plt said that he should have initiated a go-around after the 1st bounce.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5372B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283851
- Airframe hours
- 33,898
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 30, 1985 · 48 hours before
- Airport
- 5T6 · Santa Teresa, runway 10, 5,400 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 354 total · 9 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP, 18 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 N5372B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.