ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215452
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| Date: | Monday 12 March 2018 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Snohomish Flying Service Inc |
| Registration: | N6509L |
| MSN: | 15284425 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13717 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Snohomish, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Snohomish, WA (S43) |
| Snohomish, WA (S43) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, during the landing flare, the airplane encountered a wind gust and the airplane pitched upward. During landing, the airplane bounced twice and each time it touched down on the nose landing gear, and subsequently both wings struck the ground.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left and the right-wing spar.
The pilot reported that the wind at the airport about the time of the accident was from 100° at 12kts, gusting to 30kts. The pilot landed on runway 33.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s decision to land with a tailwind and in his failure to maintain pitch control of the airplane in gusting wind conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1986 | N6509L | Snohomish Flying Service | 0 | Snohomish, WA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Sep-2018 19:09 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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