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Event FTW86LA090

1986-05-26 FORT WORTH, Texas, United States Airport · FTW Minor 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN HE LANDED NOSE WHEEL FIRST, CAUSING THE ACFT TO BOUNCE SEVERAL TIMES AND VEER OFF THE RWY TOWARD A DITCH. THE STUDENT PLT, IN HIS ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE DITCH, OVER COMPENSATED WITH THE BRAKES AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_FTW86LA090.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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What the literature says.

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