# Accident 19810711041429A: Cessna 152, Milwaukee, WI, July 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1981, 11:55 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: Timmernan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0389° N, 87.9065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milwaukee, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0389&lon=-87.9065&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5355P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5355P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 435 in this make and model, 245 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEP33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEP33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810711041429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BALLOONED ON HIGH LEVELOFF, THEN HIT RUNWAY NOSE WHEEL FIRST, COLLAPSING SAME AND GROUND-LOOPING AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81DEP33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEP33), Jul 11, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5355P), Milwaukee, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5355P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230426013559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230426013559I), Apr 26, 2023: Cessna C-152 (N5355P), Monongahela, PA, Minor damage. The student pilot was on his first solo when he over corrected ran off the left side of the runway, over a taxiway light and hit the taxiway sign about 1400…
- [Accident 19840222004279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840222004279A), Feb 22, 1984: Cessna 152 (N5355P), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impact collapsed the nose gear.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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