# NTSB ATL87DEI10: Cessna 152, N95469, Kent, OH, July 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Kent, OH
- Coordinates: 41.170944, -81.430183 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1709&lon=-81.4302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7232
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DEI10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7232/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DEI10

## 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)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT. AS HE WAS FLARING TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED TWICE AND HE INITIATED A RECOVERY BY ADDING POWER. HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE SETTLED AND CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSEWHEEL FIRST, DAMAGING AN ENGINE MOUNT & BLOWING OUT THE NOSEWHEEL TIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95469](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95469), registered now, S/N 15285899, built 1984 (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: 15285899
- Airframe hours: 1597
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kent State Univ.
- Registered owner: Cessna Finance Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 11, 1987, 90 hours before
- Airport: 1G3, Kent State, runway 19, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE, 25 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 19870716047409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870716047409A), Jul 16, 1987: Cessna 152, Kent, OH, Substantial damage. Student pilot landed nose low during solo practice. Hard landing damaged engine mount and blew out nose wheel tire.

## Other investigations on N95469 (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 CEN11CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA278), Apr 9, 2011: Cessna 152 (N95469), Stow, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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