ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365597
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| Date: | Friday 15 March 1991 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Double Eagle Aviation |
| Registration: | N5496B |
| MSN: | 15283886 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eloy, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Tucson, AZ (KTUC) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT'S STATEMENT, SHE LANDED NORMALLY ON THE MAIN GEAR AND LOWERED THE NOSE WHEEL TO THE PAVEMENT. THE PILOT SAID SHE THEN PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROL YOKE AND THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND EVENTUALLY COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR.
Probable Cause: THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING AND THE INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO A PORPOISE CONDITION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX91LA131
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 February 1989 | N5496B | Double Eagle Aviation | 0 | Green Valley, AZ | |
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| 20-Mar-2024 11:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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