- Date
- April 28, 1993, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeport, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6273QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930428010979A
- Case key
- 28371
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Probable cause
the student pilot's misjudging the landing flare altitude. A factor relating to this accident was the student pilot's lack of total 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 student pilot was conducting a solo cross country flight. The student misjudged the landing flare altitude and landed in a nose and left wing down attitude. The nose wheel folded and the airplane nosed over onto its back.
Factual narrative
On April 28, 1993, at about 1500 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 152, N6273Q, nosed over after the pilot lost control of the airplane during the landing phase. The loss of control was precipitated by a gust of wind. The pilot was conducting a visual flight rules solo cross-country solo instructional flight. The airplane, registered to and operated by Ahart Aviation, Incorporated, sustained substantial damage. The noncertificated student pilot, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Livermore Municipal Airport, Livermore, California at about 1346 hours.
The student pilot reported in the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1/2, that during the landing he encountered a "sudden increase of wind from the right." The airplane touched down simultaneously on the left main and nose wheels. The nose struct folded and the airplane "flipped over."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6273Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285216
- Airframe hours
- 5,581
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ahart Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 26, 1993 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- LUK · Livermore, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1O2 · Lakeport, runway 28, 3,450 × 40 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 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °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 N6273Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.