- Date
- June 26, 1992, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Durhamville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69005Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920626022019A
- Case key
- 37182
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in collapsing of the nose gear. Factor related to the accident was the pilot misjudged the flare/touchdown.
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 was on his first solo flight in the airport traffic pattern performing takeoffs and landings. During the flare and touchdown portion of the landing, the airplane bounced back into the air, veered left, landed on the nose wheel, and nosed over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69005
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282427
- Airframe hours
- 4,510
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kamp Air Aviation
- Registered owner
- Kamp Air Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- NK03 · Kamp, runway 28, 3,225 × 40 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 70 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- 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.