- Date
- May 12, 1991, 09:21 local (16:21 UTC)
- Place
- Banning, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6258BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910512015349A
- Case key
- 27204
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to utilize the proper technique to recover the airplane from a bounced landing.
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 non-certificated student pilot was on an authorized cross country training flight and was beginning his VFR approach. As the airplane turned to the final approach phase, the pilot noticed that his altitude was high. The pilot lowered the nose and increased his airspeed. The airplane touched down hard and bounced into the air. On the third bounce, the pilot locked the brakes. The nose of the airplane struck the runway, shearing off the nose gear, and damaging the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6258B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283194
- Airframe hours
- 2,846
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hemet-Ryan Aviation
- Registered owner
- Venable Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 17, 1991 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- HMT · Hemet, CA
- Airport
- BNG · Banning, runway 8, 5,200 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 19 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.