- Date
- June 20, 1990, 17:34 local (Jun 21, 1990, 00:34 UTC)
- Place
- Chico, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72122Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900620021569A
- Case key
- 26844
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Probable cause
The pilot improperly leveled off, failed to correct the ensuing porpoise, took improper remedial action, and improperly used the rudder and normal brakes.
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 intended to practice takeoffs and landings. On the first landing, the student pilot leveled off too high, bounced and began to porpoise. He then improperly used the normal brakes and rudder and failed to maintain directional control. The airplane exited the runway severing the right main gear in the process. The investigation revealed that the student pilot had received training on recovery from bounced landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72122
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9289
- Engine
- Continental C-90-14F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Monzingo, Esther S.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- CIC
- Airport
- CIC · Chico, runway 13R, 6,724 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 66 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CIC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.