- Date
- February 27, 1984, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Emigrant Gap, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25592Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840227004739A
- Case key
- 24188
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Analysis
The student & instructor plt (CFI) were on a dual x-country flt. They proceeded to fly to an unattended arpt at Emigrant Gap, CA, which was at an elevation of 5284 ft. after arriving, they circled the arpt & made a low pass over the rwy. They saw tracks on the rwy & assumed that acft had been operating from the arpt. (Later, they learned that the tracks had been made by snow mobile type vehicles.) The CFI asked the student to make a soft field apch & landing, then immediately go around without lowering the nose. However, when the main gear touched down, the wet, unpacked snow created sufficient drag to cause the nose to drop. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over. The arpt/facility directory stated that the arpt was unattended & was closed in winter. The instructor had not checked this directory, but had checked 2 private publications.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25592
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280752
- Airframe hours
- 3,148
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Executive Flyers
- Registered owner
- Tom Inderbitzen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 5, 1984 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Destination
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Airport
- BLU · Blue Canyon-Nyack, runway 33, 3,300 × 50 ft, snow
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,353 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLU
FAA reports on this event · 1
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