# Accident 19830510018589A: Cessna 152, Chicago, IL, May 10, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1983, 12:23 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68353, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68353-2019-01-29) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830510018589A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON LANDING.  NOSE STRUT COLLAPSED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N68353 (2)

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

- [Accident 20080505835749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080505835749A), May 5, 2008: Cessna 152 (N68353), Redding, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During night time operation at the Redding (rdd) airport the pilot missed judged his flare point and hit the nose wheel to the point that the tire blew…
- [Incident 19850428023009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850428023009I), Apr 28, 1985: Cessna 152 (N68353), Kirkwood, NY, Minor damage. Nose gear struck ground during landing and collapsed.

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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