- Date
- March 29, 1992, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Friday Harbor, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25944Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920329007629A
- Case key
- 41645
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was the poorly planned approach.
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
While on final approach, the pilot reported that the airplane descended below the glide slope so power was added. The pilot felt that everything was normal for the landing; however, when the airplane touched down, it bounced, and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25944
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280872
- Airframe hours
- 4,813
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Galvin Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Jack Reed Aircraft Sales Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FHR · Friday Harbor, runway 34, 3,400 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 50 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 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
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.