- Date
- May 28, 1982, 17:06 local (May 29, 1982, 00:06 UTC)
- Place
- San Carlos, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5138HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820528019859A
- Case key
- 72485
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
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Flare - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Analysis
The student pilot was practicing short field landings. On final the pilot lowered the nose of the aircraft and leveled the wings, the nose wheel struck the runway callapsing the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5138H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284065
- Airframe hours
- 1,332
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skyway Avia.
- Registered owner
- Skyway Avia.
- Departed
- 10 · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- 10 · San Carlos, CA
- Airport
- 10 · San Carlos, runway 30, 3,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
N5138HRegistration cancelled May 14, 2003 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 61 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.