# NTSB ATL84LA162: Cessna 152, N757AS, Greensboro, NC, May 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 5, 1984, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Coordinates: 36.000755, -79.760559 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0008&lon=-79.7606&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): 6451
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6451/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA162

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT HE FLARED TOO HIGH & THE ACFT BOUNCED ABOUT 4 TIMES AFTER WHICH IT LEFT THE RWY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS IT CONTACTED MUD BESIDE THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757AS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757AS-2013-02-26), registration cancelled 2013-02-26, S/N 15279591, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152-79591
- Airframe hours: 24676
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert S. Farmer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 27, 1983, 676 hours before
- Airport: NC01, May Airport, runway 27, 2,400 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GSO, 13 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840505015979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840505015979A), May 5, 1984: Cessna 152, Greensboro, NC, Substantial damage. Student pilot allowed aircraft to porpoise which caused nose wheel to break off.

## Other investigations on N757AS (2)

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 ATL02LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA050), Feb 21, 2002: Cessna 152 (N757AS), Blowing Rock, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's in-flight decision to continue flight into an area with high winds that resulted in an in-flight encounter with a downdraft and subsequent loss of control of the airplane and collision…
- [NTSB ATL88LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA077), Jan 12, 1988: Cessna 152 (N757AS), Greensboro, NC, substantial damage

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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