- Date
- January 28, 1990, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24988Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900128001179A
- Case key
- 26728
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare, and failure to avoid or correct the resultant porpoise.
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
The student pilot landed hard on the nose gear after bouncing several times during a solo flight. The nose gear collapsed after the third bounce causing substantial damage to the aircraft. There were no mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident sequence. The winds were light and variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24988
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280497
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bermuda Air Service
- Airport
- UDO · Bermuda Dunes, runway 28, 4,500 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.