- Date
- August 6, 1989, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95693Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890806037989A
- Case key
- 26470
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student's instructor pilot (CFI), the lesson began as a dual session, then the student took off on a solo flight to make three supervised solo landings. The student's solo traffic pattern was normal through a short final approach. The CFI noted that the aircraft was in a 'flat attitude' and was 'maybe slightly slow' as it crossed over the threshold. Subsequently, it landed hard on all three landing gear and began to porpoise down the runway with each oscillation growning larger. On the final oscillation, the aircraft touched down hard and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95693
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285959
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gunnell Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SMO
- Destination
- SMO
- Airport
- SMO · Santa Monica Muni, runway 21, 4,987 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.