- Date
- January 23, 1985, 14:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4931PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850123001219A
- Case key
- 24642
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a local solo instructional flt, the student plt made 3 attempts to land at the arpt. On the 3rd apch, the acft touched down about halfway down the rwy 'a little fast.' The plt added power to abort the landing & make a go-around. He then changed his mind & reduced the power to idle to continue the landing. The plt then had misgivings about the amount of rwy remaining & elected to go around after all. Immediately after the last power application, the nosewheel began to 'shake violently.' Once more, the plt decided to stop the acft 'to examine the nosewheel.' However, there was insufficient rwy remaining to stop the acft. Subsequently, the acft skidded off the departure end of the rwy, went down an embankment & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4931P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284847
- Airframe hours
- 1,723
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Redwood Flying Club
- Registered owner
- John R. Morrison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 13, 1984 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- EKA · Eureka, CA
- Airport
- 019 · Kneeland, runway 33, 2,270 × 50 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 39 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACV, 18 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.