- Date
- September 4, 1985, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Post Mills, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4976ACessna 152A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850904047149A
- Case key
- 35961
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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
After reviewing air maneuvers, a normal apch was made to land on rwy 22. The acft landed on all 3 wheels & bounced into the air, then it went to the left of the rwy. While the plt was turning right to avoid trees & to recover from the bounced landing, the right wing & nose wheel collided with the rwy. The nose wheel collapsed & the left wing collided with the ground. The acft came to rest in a near level attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4976A
- Reported as
- Cessna 152A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520923
- Airframe hours
- 860
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Post Mills Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 6, 1985 · 31 hours before
- Airport
- 2B9 · Post Mills, runway 22, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,443 total · 35 in this make and model · 3,119 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.