- Date
- August 30, 1982, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- College Station, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N49452Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820830042689A
- Case key
- 70299
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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
After the CFI cut power for a simulated forced landing, the student set up an approach to a road. When power was added at the bottom of the approach the engine accelerated to about 75% power & then decelerated back to idle. On touchdown on the road the left main wheel separated from the spring tube. The nose gear then failed in overload & the acft nosed over. Investigation revealed a fatigue fracture about 120 deg around the gear spring tube. The fracture originated at the cross bolt hole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49452
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-81279
- Airframe hours
- 2,423
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Van K. Goerger
- Registered owner
- Van K. Goerger
- Departed
- College Station, TX
- Destination
- College Station, TX
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 610 in this make and model · 9,475 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °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.