ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386173
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| Date: | Saturday 3 March 2001 |
| Time: | 09:32 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | I Fly Strand Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N24950 |
| MSN: | 15280467 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8626 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grand Junction, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Grand Junction Regional Airport, CO (GJT/KGJT) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings. The student said the landing initially appeared normal, but the airplane bounced several times before the nose gear buckled. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Probable Cause: the student pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in porpoising and subsequently a nose over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN01LA063
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2024 11:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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