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CHI90LA062

1990-01-05 · STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 2G2

N557PA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BEECH B-60, built 1981), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER LANDING FLARE.

Factual narrative

THE NINETEEN-HOUR STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GOS WHEN THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED AND RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY NOSEDOWN. THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PLANE SLID ALONG THE RUNWAY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1990_CHI90LA062.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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