Cessna 152 N65273

Summary

On 22 January 1985 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N65273 was involved in an accident near Chandler, Arizona, 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 January 1985 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Chandler Muni (PLO)

Coordinates

33.3204, -111.8690

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N65273

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85LA120

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

ACCORDING TO THE FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), THE STUDENT PLT DEMONSTRATED 4 GOOD TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS WHILE ON A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. THE CFI DECIDED TO SOLO THE STUDENT, WHO DID NOT HOLD EITHER A MEDICAL OR STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE. THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO MAKE 1 SOLO TOUCH-&-GO FOLLOWED BY A FULL STOP LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE CFI, THE STUDENT FLEW A NORMAL PATTERN; HOWEVER, HE MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A HIGH BOUNCE. THE ACFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, & AFTER 6 OR 7 OSCILLATIONS, IT IMPACTED NOSE 1ST, THEN CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.