Cessna 152 N48693

Summary

On 26 March 2013 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N48693, operated by Central Texas Flight Training Inc, was involved in an accident near College Station, Texas, 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.

Date

26 March 2013 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

College Station, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Easterwood Field (CLL)

Coordinates

30.5881, -96.3611

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N48693

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Central Texas Flight Training Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Temple → College Station

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA209

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the nose landing gear fork during landing due to fatigue.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot performed two touch-and-go landings without incident. During the third landing, the airplane touched down on the main landing gear, and, as the pilot brought the airplane's nose down, the nosewheel collapsed. A postaccident examination of the failed nose landing gear fork revealed that the final overload fracture of the fork started at a fatigue crack at the upper shoulder of the fork, which had propagated for a period of time before the final fracture. The material used to manufacture the fork met the specified engineering requirements.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.