- Date
- April 23, 1983, 15:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N761SDCessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830423018769A
- Case key
- 23689
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Analysis
The student plt was on a local solo flt to practice touch & go landings. After making an apch to rwy 26, the acft landed hard on the main gear & bounced. After the 3rd bounce, the nose gear collapsed & a fire erupted. The plt exited the acft without difficulty, but the plane was consumed by a fuel-fed fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761SD
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520980
- Airframe hours
- 396
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Starlight Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Mr. & Mrs. Jantz & Mr. Norris
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 10, 1983 · 97 hours before
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 26, 3,856 × 150 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 68 total · 68 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 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.