- Date
- May 30, 1990, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Atwater, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68271Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900530017839A
- Case key
- 26820
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Probable cause
The pilot flared the airplane too high and improperly recovered from the bounced landing. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's improper use of the normal brakes and the soft terrain.
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 pilot had flown with her instructor for 36 minutes, practicing takeoffs and landings, before departing on her second supervised solo flight. On the first landing, the pilot landed the airplane hard causing it to bounce. The airplane then began to porpoise. On the third touchdown, the airplane's left wheel contacted the left soft shoulder of the runway. The pilot applied the brakes and the airplane then nosed over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68271
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282221
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Valley Skyway
- Airport
- O01 · Atwater, runway 12, 2,470 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.