- Date
- December 5, 1983, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Plano, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89551Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831205060249A
- Case key
- 21226
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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
During a touch-&-go landing, the acft bounced back in teh air after touching down. At that time, the sudent plt reacted by pushing forward on the control yoke. The acft then impacted, nose down, & the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89551
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282782
- Airframe hours
- 1,463
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stramel Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 12, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- F26 · Dallas North, runway 34, 3,100 × 50 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 467 total · 245 in this make and model · 329 as pilot in command · 172 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
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 N89551 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.