- Date
- July 25, 1988, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68342Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880725027919A
- Case key
- 26069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt rprtd that drg a lndg on a solo instructional flt, his final apch was a little fast. Drg the lndg, the airplane began to porpoise. However, before the student regained control, the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68342
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282269
- Airframe hours
- 3,205
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Security Aviation
- Registered owner
- M&S Air Supply Inc. DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 15, 1988 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- HHR · Hawthorne, CA
- Destination
- L45
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L45 · Bakersfield, runway 31, 3,150 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 6 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.
Other investigations on N68342 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.