- Date
- September 15, 1987, 17:20 local (Sep 16, 1987, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5107BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870915082749A
- Case key
- 25693
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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
While landing at the destination, the airplane bounced, then after it touched down the second time, the nose gear failed. During the landing roll-out, the airplane settled on its nose cowling. No previous airframe problem was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5107B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-83748
- Airframe hours
- 2,925
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delmonte Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1987 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- MRY · Monterey, CA
- Airport
- MRY · Monterey Peninsula, runway 28, 6,597 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 119 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.