- Date
- October 26, 1983, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Clearwater, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25958Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831026055559A
- Case key
- 31054
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over after the nose gear collapsed during a hard landing. The student pilot was making touch and go practice landings. This touchdown was hard and on the nose gear. The weather was VMC but the wind was from 330 degrees at 12 KTS. The landing was on rwy 04. The nose gear sheared off during the landing and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25958
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280882
- Airframe hours
- 2,474
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Services International
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- PIE · Clearwater Int'L., runway 4, 5,722 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 23 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.