- Date
- March 16, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plainville, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6298MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830316008239A
- Case key
- 35161
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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 plt reported that just prior to a landing touchdown, he pushed the control yoke forward, then the acft hit the rwy and began to bounce. After the 4th bounce, the acft touched down on the rwy on the right wheel and yawed abruptly to the right. Reportedly, the propeller cone penetrated the ground aprx 1 ft from the rwy and the acft nosed over. There was substantial damage to the nosewheel strut, vertical stabilizer, wings and eng cowling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6298M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284660
- Airframe hours
- 1,799
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Interstate Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1982 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- 4B8 · Plainville, CT
- Destination
- 4B8
- Airport
- 4B8 · Robertson, runway 20, 3,116 × 75 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.