- Date
- February 20, 1984, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksville, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757NSCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840220004589A
- Case key
- 35502
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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 landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
TotalCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
According to the plt the acft ballooned during the landing flare. In an effort to recover the plt added power and pushed the nose down. The front strut hit the ground and broke, then the acft bounced and during the second landing the propeller struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757NS
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279878
- Airframe hours
- 2,652
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Collins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- Clarksville, MD
- Airport
- Hayes Field, runway 31
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 15 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.