- Date
- May 26, 1986, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94479Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860526019619A
- Case key
- 22028
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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
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Inadequate trainingCause
Flare - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The student plt was practicing touch and go landings when he landed nose wheel first, causing the acft to bounce several times and veer off the rwy toward a ditch. The student plt, in his attempt to avoid the ditch, over compensated with the brakes and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94479
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285686
- Airframe hours
- 2,267
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Omniflight Training
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1986 · 67 hours before
- Airport
- FTW · Meacham Field, runway 34L, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.