- Date
- May 14, 1995, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67492Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950514011659A
- Case key
- 19414
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper landing flare and improper bounced landing recovery.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a touch-and-go landing, the solo student pilot landed hard on the nose landing gear and bounced. The second touch down was hard, again landing nose gear first. The nose landing gear collapsed and the propeller struck the runway at full power, damaging the firewall.
Factual narrative
On May 14, 1995, at 0830 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 152, N67492, sustained substantial damage during landing at La Plata County Airport, Durango, Colorado. The student pilot received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed on this local area student solo training flight and no flight plan was filed.
According to the pilot, she was doing a touch-and-go landing and the aircraft attitude at touchdown was nose low. First contact was on the nose landing gear, followed by a bounce and a hard landing on the nose. The nose landing gear collapsed and the propeller struck the runway with the engine at full power, damaging the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67492
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281864
- Airframe hours
- 7,538
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C(M), 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Durango Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 3, 1995 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- DRO
- Airport
- DRO · Durango, La Plata County, runway 20, 9,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 70 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRO, 1 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.
Other investigations on N67492 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.