- Date
- July 18, 1986, 17:10 local (Jul 19, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68723Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860718075589A
- Case key
- 40448
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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.
Hard landing
Recovery from bounced landing - delayedCause
Flare - improperCause
Remedial action - not identifiedFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Analysis
Student pilot, with about 2 hours solo time, was making touch and go's. during the last landing the aircraft was observed to make several bouncing contacts with the runway before the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68723
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285334
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elmer H. Green
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- BFI · Boeing Field, runway 31R, 3,710 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.