ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366876
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 May 1990 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Central Valley Skyway |
| Registration: | N68271 |
| MSN: | 15282221 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atwater, CA -
 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 PILOT HAD FLOWN WITH HER INSTRUCTOR FOR 36 MINUTES, PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, BEFORE DEPARTING ON HER SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. ON THE FIRST LANDING, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE HARD CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE. THE AIRPLANE THEN BEGAN TO PORPOISE. ON THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WHEEL CONTACTED THE LEFT SOFT SHOULDER OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRPLANE THEN NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT FLARED THE AIRPLANE TOO HIGH AND IMPROPERLY RECOVERED FROM THE BOUNCED LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE NORMAL BRAKES AND THE SOFT TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX90LA194
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 February 2007 | N271RG | Rainbow Air Academy, Inc. | 0 | Long Beach, California | |
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| 22 September 2008 | N271RJ | Rainbow Air Academy Inc | 0 | Carlsbad, California | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 13:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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