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NYC83LA047

1983-01-05 · CENTRE HALL, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport N16

N4911G has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (XAG P150), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PLT TOOK OFF TO PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. THE TAKEOFF WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY AND THE LANDING APPROACH WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL TOUCHDOWN. THE PLT STATED THAT ON TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE OF THE ACFT WAS TOO LOW AND THE NOSEWHEEL HIT THE RWY HARD AND DUG IN. SUBSEQUNTLY, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED 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_1983_NYC83LA047.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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