- Date
- April 15, 1983, 11:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Riverside, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68714Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830415014419A
- Case key
- 23679
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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 pilot stated that the acft became misaligned with the rwy as he flared. The acft also ballooned and at touchdown the nose gear collapsed. The acft skidded off the right side of the rwy and destroyed a rwy light during the maneuver.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68714
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285332
- Airframe hours
- 400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-234-L-2L, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Parflite, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 1983
- Airport
- RAL · Riverside, runway 27, 5,400 × 100 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAL
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 N68714 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.