- Date
- January 22, 1985, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65273Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850122003559A
- Case key
- 24641
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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
According to the flt instructor (CFI), the student plt demonstrated 4 good touch-&-go landings while on a dual instructional flt. The CFI decided to solo the student, who did not hold either a medical or student plt certificate. The CFI told the student to make 1 solo touch-&-go followed by a full stop landing. According to the CFI, the student flew a normal pattern; however, he made a hard landing which was followed by a high bounce. The acft began to porpoise, & after 6 or 7 oscillations, it impacted nose 1st, then came to rest with the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65273
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285285
- Airframe hours
- 2,832
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sawyer Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 5, 1985 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- P10
- Airport
- PLO · Chandler Muni, runway 22, 3,810 × 75 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
- 22
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
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 N65273 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.