ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360519
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 May 1994 |
| Time: | 17:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Northstar Aero Services, Inc. |
| Registration: | N5369H |
| MSN: | 15284094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ellington, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 19. HE STATED: 'THE PLANE CAME DOWN FASTER THAN I THOUGHT. THE REAR WHEELS...HIT THE GROUND HARD CAUSING THE PLANE TO BALLOON...INTO THE AIR....' THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, ENTERED A GRASS FIELD AND NOSED OVER. THE RUNWAY WAS 1800 FEET LONG AND 50 FEET WIDE.
Probable Cause: THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. A FACTOR WAS THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMROPER LANDING FLARE, WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC94LA077
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 08:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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