- Date
- February 7, 1986, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95139Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860207002319A
- Case key
- 25065
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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
A Cessna 152 collided with the runway surface after the nose gear separated. The aircraft flared too high and bounced on landing. On the second bounce the nose gear separated. The flight instructor took over the controls and landed the aircraft on the nose cowling. The CFI was a new instructor and had logged approximately 450 hours total time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95139
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285856
- Airframe hours
- 908
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- S&G Flight Service, doing business as Millionair
- Registered owner
- Anair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- SJC · San Jose Intl, runway 30R, 4,419 × 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 85 in this make and model · 425 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.