- Date
- October 9, 1991, 14:13 local (21:13 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6211QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911009045569A
- Case key
- 27474
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and the buckling of the airplane's 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.
Analysis
The pilot had logged 4 hours as pilot in command since being endorsed for solo flying 6 days before the accident flight. During the accident flight he performed 6 takeoffs and landings. During the 7th landing the airplane touched down hard. The nose gear assembly buckled and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6211Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285196
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Million Air
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16, 4,000 × 75 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 64 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Observed at
- VNY, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.