Cessna 152 N89048

Summary

On 22 February 1983 at about 19:14 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N89048, operated by Wright Aviation, was involved in an accident near Corona, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 February 1983 at 19:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Corona, California, United States

Nearest airport

Corona (L66)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N89048

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Wright Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA114

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WAS LANDED HARD TWICE AND ON THE 2ND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE 1ST LANDING HAD BEEN NOSE GEAR 1ST,FOLLOWED BY A GO-AROUND AND THE GEAR APPEARED BENT. ON THE SECOND LANDING THE NOSE GEAR AGAIN HIT FIRST AND THIS TIME ITCOLLAPSED. THIS WAS THE 2ND SOLO FLT FOR THIS STUDENT PILOT IN HIS 39 HOURS OF FLYING. THE TRAINING SCHOOL RECOMMENDED THAT FIRST TIME SOLO STUDENTS TAKE A PRE-SOLO CHECK RIDE FOR AN ADDED OVERVIEW OF THEIR PROFICIENCY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.