Accident Cessna 152 VH-IBL, Sunday 18 January 1987

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Date:	Sunday 18 January 1987
Time:	11:10
Type:	Cessna 152
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-IBL
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Shepparton Airport (YSHT), Shepparton, VIC - Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	YSHT
Destination airport:	YSHT
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
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 nose wheel 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.

Accident investigation: