- Date
- April 17, 1983, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cotulla, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68320Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830417016239A
- Case key
- 20880
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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
According to the pilot, on landing the acft bounced back into the air. The same thing happened on the second touchdown and on the third touchdown, the nose gear failed and the acft nosed over. The pilot reported that after the second touchdown a gust of wind picked up the acft and caused it to come down on its nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68320
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282255
- Airframe hours
- 2,677
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Alpha Tango Flying Service
- Registered owner
- C.E. Brehm Leasing Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1982 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- SSF · San Antonio, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- COT · Cotulla Municipal, runway 31, 3,300 × 60 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.