- Date
- July 28, 1993, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Carlos, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69208Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930728026009A
- Case key
- 27987
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Probable cause
The cfi's inadequate supervision of the flight, the improper recovery from the bounced landing by the crew, and the lack of total experience in giving dual instruction by the CFI. Factors which contributed to this accident were: the dual student's improper use of the flight controls, the cfi's failure to issue procedures/directives to the student, and the cfi's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.
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
During the landing phase of a training flight, the airplane began to sink rapidly. The student pilot pushed forward on the elevator which resulted in a hard landing. During the recovery from the bounced landing the CFI took the controls to cushion the next landing. The CFI said she did not tell the student she had the controls, thus in the confusion, the student pilot added power and initiated a go-around. The CFI concurred but the airplane was still bouncing, and the left main wheel was off the runway. The airplane failed to become airborne due to the flaps still being set at 30 degrees. The CFI then decided to abort the go-around. The CFI said she noticed the flap setting about 1/2 way down the runway. The CFI added full brakes and the airplane left the runway and nosed over in a ditch. The CFI had 65 total hours of flight instruction experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69208
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 82556
- Airframe hours
- 7,773
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Palo Alto Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Allen Oake
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 6, 1993 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Destination
- SQL
- Airport
- SQL · San Carlos, runway 12, 2,600 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 300 in this make and model · 386 as pilot in command · 89 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SQL, 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.