- Date
- August 24, 1991, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Montague, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757ZJCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910824036639A
- Case key
- 27341
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and improper go-around procedure. Contributing to the accident was the lack of total pilot experience.
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 was landing on his first solo flight after being endorsed for solo operations. The pilot leveled the airplane too high over the runway and attempted a go-around. The pilot added full power and retracted the flaps. The airplane began to settle towards the runway. The pilot then selected 10 degrees of flaps and reduced power in an attempt to land, lowering the nose of the airplane to gain airspeed. The nose and propeller then contacted the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757ZJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280131
- Airframe hours
- 2,529
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Montague Aviation
- Registered owner
- Cortwright & Seibold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 3, 1991 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- SIY · Siskiyou Co., runway 35, 7,484 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.