# NTSB ATL84LA013: Cessna 152, N6933, Mitchellville, MD, October 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1983, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Coordinates: 38.950168, -76.730888 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9502&lon=-76.7309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6364
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6364/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA013

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS 1ST SOLO FLT. DURING A LANDING, THE ACFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AFTER THE 1ST TOUCHDOWN. WHEN IT CONTACTED THE RWY ON THE 3RD TOUCHDONW, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6933 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281669
- Airframe hours: 1707
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-12C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Freeway Airport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 2, 1983, 50 hours before
- Airport: WOO, Freeway, runway 19, 2,150 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BWI, 15 nm away

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.

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