- Date
- May 20, 1986, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20SQCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860520020999A
- Case key
- 31638
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on his first supervised solo flt and was attempting his third landing. During the flare, the acft ballooned, nosed over and struck the rwy on the nose gear. The acft then burst into flames and was consumed by fire. Theplt was able to exit the acft without injury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20SQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285142
- Airframe hours
- 3,516
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- St. Lucie Skyways
- Registered owner
- Bizport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 9, 1986 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- SUA
- Airport
- SUA · Stuart-Witham, runway 20, 5,000 × 200 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 30 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.