Cessna 152 N24814

Summary

On 1 August 1983 at about 22:40 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N24814, operated by David E. Sharp, was involved in an accident near Gaithersburg, Maryland, 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

1 August 1983 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Montgomery County (GAI)

Coordinates

39.1397, -77.2098

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N24814

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

David E. Sharp

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA306

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 NOSED OVER AFTER A SOLO STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. THE WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 KTS. BECAUSE OF THE WIND AND TURBULENCE THE CFI HAD FLOWN ONE PATTERN WITH HIM. THE STUDENT MADE THE LANDING WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE CFI GOT OUT AND THE STUDENT MADE A SUCCESSFUL SOLO LANDING. ON THE 2ND APPROACH HE WAS TOO HIGH AND WENT AROUND. ON THE 3RD APPROACH HE WAS HIGH AGAIN AND UNSTEADY IN THE WIND. THE ACFT BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN AND THE STUDENT APPLIED THE BRAKES THROUGHOUT A SERIES OF BOUNCES FOLLOWED BY THE ACFT NOSING OVER OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY.THE STUDENT HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO MAKE FULL STOP LANDINGS USING 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND 60 KTS OF AIRSPEED ON FINAL APPROACH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.