- Date
- September 10, 1985, 08:41 local (15:41 UTC)
- Place
- Modesto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5477BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850910044009A
- Case key
- 24832
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt reptd the final approach angle was too shallow. He added power and as the acft arrived over the threshold he reduced the power. The acft landed hard and bounced. When the acft became airborne the plt added power to execute a go-around. The acft stalled and nosed into the runway. This was the student pilot's first supervised solo flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5477B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283879
- Airframe hours
- 1,436
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Esco Aviation, doing business as Executive Air
- Registered owner
- John J. Shaw
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 23, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- MOD
- Airport
- MOD · 1modesto, runway 28L, 3,466 × 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 224 total · 224 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 224 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD
FAA reports on this event · 1
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