Investigation: 198701418 - Cessna 152, VH-IBL, Shepparton VIC, 18 January 1987

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The pilot was conducting practice forced landings in the training area. When overshooting from one of these approaches he observed that the flap would not retract from the two stages down position. After advising the flying club by radio of the problem, the pilot returned for a landing. The aircraft bounced on touchdown and then began to porpoise. The nosewheel was dislodged and the aircraft slewed off the runway before nosing over onto its back. The flaps had failed to retract because of a faulty micro-switch. The pilot had not experienced a malfunction of this nature before and had allowed this to distract him from the operation of the aircraft. He had persevered with the landing after the initial bounce, but had not been able to exercise adequate pitch control.

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General details
Date:	18 January 1987	Investigation status:	Completed
Time:	1110	Investigation type:	Occurrence Investigation
Location:	Shepparton	Occurrence type:	Hard landing
State:	Victoria	Occurrence class:	Operational
Release date:	13 April 1987	Occurrence category:	Accident
Report status:	Final	Highest injury level:	None

Aircraft details
Aircraft manufacturer:	Cessna Aircraft Company
Aircraft model:	152
Aircraft registration:	VH-IBL
Type of operation:	Flying Training
Damage to aircraft:	Substantial
Departure point:	Shepparton VIC
Departure time:	1110
Destination:	Shepparton VIC