- Date
- February 12, 1983, 18:00 local (Feb 13, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tyler, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5345MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830212010279A
- Case key
- 20808
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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
While making a short field approach, the acft touched down hard & the nose gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5345M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-64549
- Airframe hours
- 55
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bobby K. Terry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1982 · 90 hours before
- Airport
- TYR · Pounds Field, runway 13, 5,301 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 570 total · 50 in this make and model · 460 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.