- Date
- August 17, 1982, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grants Pass, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6139MCessna 152-II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820817038889A
- Case key
- 70889
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor pilot stated that the student was having difficulty aligning the aircraft with the runway during the landing approach. As they approached the runway he instructed the student to "get the nose up." At an altitude of approximately three feet, the student pushed the controls full forward. The instructor pilot was not able to react fast enough to prevent the aircraft from colliding with the runway in a nose first attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6139M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152-II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284630
- Airframe hours
- 897
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Van Bishop
- Registered owner
- Van Bishop
- Departed
- RBG · Rosenburg, OR
- Destination
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3S8 · Josephine Co., runway 30, 4,000 × 75 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,200 total · 2,030 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
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 N6139M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.