- Date
- October 28, 1982, 12:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Aztec, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4860BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821028057569A
- Case key
- 69863
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.
Analysis
The aircraft was involved in a hard bouncing landing when the student pilot allowed the aircraft to porpoise during landing. The nose gear failed during this sequence and the aircraft was damaged. The pilot was uninjured. The pilot did not file an accident report and never responded to FAA letters concerning this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4860B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283678
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dan F. Fischer
- Registered owner
- Dan F. Fischer
- Departed
- Q19 · Aztec, NM
- Destination
- Q19 · Aztec, NM
- Airport
- Q19 · Aztec Municipal, runway 26, 4,300 × 80 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.