ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355317
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| Date: | Sunday 31 August 1997 |
| Time: | 09:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Sawyer Aviation |
| Registration: | N65273 |
| MSN: | 15285285 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9179 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-N2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Imperial, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Phoenix, AZ (KPHX) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While on a solo cross-country flight, the student pilot made a steep approach to his destination runway. The runway chosen by the pilot had a 10-knot tailwind for the landing and he had extended the aircraft's flaps 10 degrees. The aircraft touched down about 1,200 feet from the end of the 5,304-foot-long runway and bounced twice before veering off the runway. Marks in the dirt indicated that the aircraft then porpoised three more times before the nose wheel collapsed and the aircraft nosed over.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing and to arrest porpoising after an improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors in the accident were the misjudging of distance and speed during a downwind landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX97LA309
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 January 1985 | N65273 | Sawyer Aviation | 0 | Chandler, AZ | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 10:45 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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