NYC82DA131

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna A-152 · Millville, NJ · June 25, 1982

Accident · Minor injuriesFinal report
Date
June 25, 1982, 00:00 local (04:00 UTC)
Place
Millville, NJ
Injuries
1 minor
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7395LCessna A-152
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Not reported
Status
Completed · report June 25, 1983
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19820625070659A
Case key
71712

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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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Altitude - misjudgedDual studentCause
Flare - misjudgedDual studentCause
Planned approach - inattentivePilot in command(cfi)Cause
Gear collapsedLanding - flare/touchdown
Landing gear - overloadFactor

Analysis

On a cross-country instructional flight the student pilot made a hard landing and the gear collapsed.

Aircraft

Registration
N7395L
Reported as
Cessna A-152
Category
Airplane
Serial number
A1520812
Engine
Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
Glenn Air
Registered owner
Glenn Air
Departed
C · Lincoln Park, NJ
Destination
C · Millville, NJ
Flight plan
VFR
Airport
MIV · Millville, runway 19, 5,096 × 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
Certificate
Student
Medical
Unknown, Unknown

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Not reported
Wind
240° at 11 knots
Visibility
6 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
4,500 ft broken
Temperature
178 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.