- Date
- January 24, 1991, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93574Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910124001079A
- Case key
- 27099
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The student pilot's improper bounced landing recovery technique. A factor in the accident was the pilot's limited flight experience.
Analysis
The student pilot said that during the 'firm landing' he bounced back into the air about five feet. He attempted to add power to soften the recovery, however, the aircraft landed hard in a nose down attitude, collapsing the nose gear.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93574
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285519
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- West Wind Aviation, Inc.
- Airport
- DVT · Deer Valley, runway 7, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 74 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 16 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 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 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.
Other investigations on N93574 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.