ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360538
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| Date: | Saturday 30 April 1994 |
| Time: | 14:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150L |
| Owner/operator: | Gibson Air Academy, Inc. |
| Registration: | N1561Q |
| MSN: | 15072861 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3839 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farmingdale, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KBLM) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT AND CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED, AND THE STUDENT PUSHED FORWARD ON THE YOKE. THE AIRPLANE HIT THE RUNWAY NOSE FIRST. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED 'I DID NOT HAVE TIME ENOUGH TO COUNTER ACT THE STUDENTS ACTION.' AFTER THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND EXECUTED A GO AROUND. GROUND PERSONNEL RADIOED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD BENT. THE INSTRUCTOR MADE THE LANDING AND DURING THE LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE FORWARD FUSELAGE. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO PRE-IMPACT DISCREPANCIES.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper flare and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB BFO94LA080
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1990 | N1561Q | Gibson Air Academy, Inc. | 0 | Tinton Falls, NJ | |
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| 16-Mar-2024 08:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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