Cessna 152 N4782B

Summary

On 4 December 1988 at about 18:58 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N4782B, operated by Flight Line, Inc., was involved in an accident near Watkins, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 December 1988 at 18:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Watkins, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Front Range (1W1)

Coordinates

39.7508, -104.5995

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N4782B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Line, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN89LA039

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS DURING AN UNSUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. RUNWAY 26 WAS IN USE, WITH WINDS REPORTED AS 320 DEG AT 5 KTS. AT THE FIRST LANDING, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST, THIRTY FEET LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE. THE ACFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND TOUCHED DOWN THE SECOND TIME, NOSE FIRST. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT INTO SOFT DIRT. THE ACFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.