- Date
- February 16, 1985, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jasper, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94238Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850216022859A
- Case key
- 21672
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
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Flare - not attainedCause
TotalCause
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overloadFactor
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
The student plt stated he encountered a rolling action and a nose down pitch possibly from turbulence. The acft touched down nose first so hard that the nose gear collapsed and the acft was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94238
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285628
- Airframe hours
- 1,294
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- B.E.J. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 2, 1984 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- DWH · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- JAS · Jasper, runway 17, 4,000 × 70 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 47 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFK, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.