- Date
- September 6, 1988, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5458PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880906039649A
- Case key
- 34639
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Arriving at the destination apt, on a solo cross country flt, the plt said UNICOM advised a landing on rwy 18. The local fss reported the winds to be out of the northwest favoring runway 36. The plt elected to land on rnwy 18 based on the UNICOM advisory, and after porpoising during the ldg phase, landed hard on the nose wheel collapsing the nose gear, and damaging the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5458P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284949
- Airframe hours
- 2,051
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bradley Flying Association
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 12, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- PIA · Peoria, IL
- Destination
- BRL · Burlington, IA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BRL · Burlington, runway 18, 6,702 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 31 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRL, 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.