- Date
- April 21, 1984, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89880Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840421075219A
- Case key
- 35538
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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 acft ballooned during the flare for landing & ended up in a nose down condition. The plt said he decided to stall the acft only a few ft off the ground as he estimated 2/3 of the rwy remained & a go-around was not necessary. The acft came to a stop on its nose with the nose wheel collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89880
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Metro Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- G08 · Monongahela, PA
- Destination
- AGC · Pittsburg, PA
- Airport
- AGL · Allegheny Co., runway 31, 3,826 × 100 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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 27 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.