- Date
- November 12, 1987, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lawton, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65584Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871112067609A
- Case key
- 22597
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.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that during flare/touchdown the aircraft bounced and came down hard on the nose gear collapsing it and damaging the prop and firewall. The majority of the student pilots flt time was obtained while in the military.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65584
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281634
- Airframe hours
- 2,015
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jet Away Of Lawton
- Registered owner
- Jet Away Of Lanton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1987 · 114 hours before
- Destination
- LAW
- Airport
- LAW · Lawton Municipal, runway 17, 8,599 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,273 total · 2 in this make and model · 965 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.