- Date
- June 30, 1985, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48251Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850630031909A
- Case key
- 35887
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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 nosed over following a loss of control during landing. The student plt stated the acft bounced three times on touchdown. The propeller then contacted the rwy and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48251
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283311
- Airframe hours
- 3,395
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cross Country Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1985 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- HFD · Hartford, CT
- Airport
- HFD · Brainard, runway 20R, 4,418 × 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
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °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.
Other investigations on N48251 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.