- Date
- October 27, 1990, 16:09 local (22:09 UTC)
- Place
- Blackfoot, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5259BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901027047129A
- Case key
- 41357
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Probable cause
The pilot did not adequately recover from a bounced landing. Factors were improper airspeed and lack of total expereince.
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
During a solo cross country flight, the student pilot reported that he had circled the airport twice to observe the runway. An approach was set-up for runway 1. While on final approach, the pilot stated that the glide path was ok, however, the airspeed was a little fast. When the airplane touched down, it bounced. The pilot applied full power and the airplane touched down again and became airborne. On the third bounce the nose gear collapsed. The airplane slid off the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5259B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283819
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pocatello Avcenter
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- U02 · Mccarley, runway 10, 4,300 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.
Other investigations on N5259B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.