- Date
- October 24, 1989, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95975Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891024043709A
- Case key
- 17863
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. The wind condition was considered to be a contributing factor.
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
After rtrng from a solo x-country flt, the student plt made an apch to land on rwy 17L. The wind was variable from 120 to 180 deg at 19 KTS. The plt stated that he turned to final apch & realized he was high with the wind stronger than he liked. He extended full flaps & 'eased back' power. The apch was steep & the acft landed sooner than the plt had expected. He stated that the acft touched down at an angle, bounced twice, then stopped in a nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95975
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285994
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- University Of North Dakota
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- GPZ · Grand Rapids, MN
- Destination
- GFK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GFL · Mark Andrews, runway 17L, 3,900 × 75 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 81 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK
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 N95975 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.