- Date
- July 4, 1986, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91360Piper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860704030769A
- Case key
- 25208
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot indicated that this was his first solo flight. He had accumulated a total of 6.8 hours of flight time prior to this flight and he had flown earlier in the day with his flight instructor. After two landings with the flight instructor, the student pilot was endorsed for solo flight. He reported that on the second solo traffic pattern, the aircraft bounced on touchdown and began to porpoise. The nose gear then collapsed and the aircraft came to rest partially off the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91360
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-82A0015
- Airframe hours
- 1,495
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mccellan Afb Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 14, 1986 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- 051 · Lincoln, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 051 · Lincoln Muni, runway 15, 6,000 × 100 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7 total · 7 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYV, 16 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.