ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356852
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| Date: | Thursday 15 August 1996 |
| Time: | 15:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Genesee Airways Inc. |
| Registration: | N89405 |
| MSN: | 15282735 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7853 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lantana, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (KLNA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight had landed on runway 15. An FAA inspector, at the airport at the time, saw the airplane on the runway with the 'nose wheel collapsed.' According to his statement, '...the nose wheel was driven into the lower cowling with enough force to lock the control yoke in the full up position...[and] there appeared to be considerable wrinkling of the external skin on the fuselage and the wings.' The pilot stated, all he could remember was, when he lowered the nose, the airplane touched down nose first on the runway. The FAA inspector stated; '...I feel that it required extremely hard ground contact to cause the amount of damage that the aircraft sustained. Inspection of the runway surface showed that an initial heavy nose wheel strike occurred in the center of runways 15 and 21, followed by one prop strike indentation in the runway about 15 feet later, and then skid marks indicating that the nose wheel had collapsed and was sliding sideways.' The airplane came to rest on the right side of the runway, about 250 feet from the point of initial impact.
Probable Cause: the pilot misjudged the flare, resulting in a hard landing, and the nose gear collapsing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA96LA213
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2024 11:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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