- Date
- June 4, 1989, 11:16 local (15:16 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94622Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890604028059A
- Case key
- 32446
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Probable cause
The pilot's late flare which resulted in a hard landing that exceeded the design stress limits 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
The plt & his son were returning from a flt in the local area. Twr persnl & a CFI in his acft at the aprch end of the rwy, observed the acft making a full flap, steep aprch. The nose gear hit first, then the mains with sufficient force to 'make the struts bend severely' & bounce about 20 ft into the air. On the last impact, parts of the nose gear separated from the acft and the acft slid to a stop on its nose & prop. The plt stated the touchdown felt normal to him, but he may have lowered the nose too fast. He stated that he looked at the airspeed ind during the flare & saw about 45 KTS. After the accident, the plt stated that he thought he may have observed some pre-existing crack(s) in the failed components, but maint persnl found no evidence of any pre-existing crack(s).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94622
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285745
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cavair Flight School
- Registered owner
- Cavair Flight School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- FXE
- Airport
- FXE · Fort Lauberdale Executive, runway 13, 4,000 × 100 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 124 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.