- Date
- November 27, 1982, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93286Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821127062459A
- Case key
- 72268
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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.
Hard landing
Planned approach - poorCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The student was practicing touch and go landings. On the second landing the aircraft landed hard in a nose first attitude. The nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93286
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285457
- Airframe hours
- 215
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Orlando North Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Orlando North Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- X04 · Plymouth, FL
- Destination
- X04 · Plymouth, FL
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando North, runway 15, 3,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
N93286Registration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °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 N93286 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL98LA010Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPunta Gorda, FLThe flight instructor's improper short field takeoff procedure and his decision to abort the takeoff after rotation.NTSB MIA90LA189Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCedar Key, FLThe failure of the pilot to execute a go-around after landing long.NTSB MIA83LA003Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOrlando, FLThe student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings. After touching down on his first landing, he configured the aircraft for takeoff. Immediately after applying power, he observed another plane (unknown make & model) landing from the opposite direction.…