- Date
- July 3, 1989, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plattsburgh, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48683Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890703024489A
- Case key
- 36432
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control.
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 student pilot bounced the aircraft during a landing and attempted a go-around. He reduced power after the second bounce and the aircraft started drifting to the right, so he applied left rudder. The aircraft then veered to the left. Subsequently, the nose gear partially collapsed, allowing the propeller and left wing tip to hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48683
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283360
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Keith L. & John R. Nunn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- PLB · Clinton County, runway 14, 5,000 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 12 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.