- Date
- May 27, 1982, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757HGCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820527020979A
- Case key
- 70087
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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.
Analysis
The student pilot was on her second supervised solo flight. While landing, she flared high and subsequently landed hard, collapsing the nose gear. The pilot reported that she did not have a good mental attitude since her children had been involved in a car accident that day. She said she would have cancelled the flight, but the operator had a "no show" policy that required her to pay for the flight whether she flew or not.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757HG
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279748
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Travel
- Registered owner
- Air Travel
- Departed
- Burlington, CT
- Destination
- Burlington, CT
- Airport
- Johnnycake, runway 19, 2,675 × 50 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 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.