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Cessna 152 N24950

3 March 2001 · Grand Junction, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 March 2001 at about 15:32 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N24950 was involved in an accident near Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 15:32
Classification
Accident
Location
Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport
Walker Field Airport (GJT)
Coordinates
39.1094, -108.5297
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N24950
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Grand Junction → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN01LA063

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the student pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in porpoising and subsequently a nose over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings. The student said the landing initially appeared normal, but the airplane bounced several times before the nose gear buckled. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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