- Date
- February 28, 1998, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Warrenton, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25275Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980228005959A
- Case key
- 28282
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the pilot's first supervised landing, the airplane bounced three times, and then the nose of the airplane contacted the runway. The pilot reported that the weather was not a factor, and that there was no mechanical malfunction with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On February 28, 1998, at 1500 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N25275, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport, Warrenton, Virginia. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The local, solo, instructional flight originated at Warrenton, Virginia, and was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot reported that during touchdown on runway 32, the airplane bounced three times. He said that each bounce was more severe than the other, and then the nose contacted the runway.
According to the pilot, he had practiced touch and go landings earlier for about 1.5 hours with his instructor, in preparation for his supervised solo. This was his first landing, and he reported over 27 hours of total flight experience, all in make and model.
The pilot reported that the weather was not a factor, and there was no mechanical malfunction with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25275
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280566
- Airframe hours
- 7,279
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sky World Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Jmf Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 23, 1997 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- W66
- Destination
- W66
- Airport
- W66 · Warrenton-Fauquier, runway 32, 4,103 × 60 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
- 16
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- W49, 10 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.