# NTSB BFO85LA060: Cessna 152, N89432, Charlottesville, VA, July 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 23, 1985, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Location: 38.1396° N, 78.4523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE (CHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1396&lon=-78.4523&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): 11186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO85LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11186/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA060

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - stall/mush - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT ENTERED A LEFT BASE FOR RWY 03, AND ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE MAIN GEAR. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET DOWN THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N89432 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282742
- Airframe hours: 1020
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Skytech, Inc
- Registered owner: William J. Scarlet
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 26, 1985, 48 hours before
- Departed: MTN, BALITIMORE, MD
- Destination: CHO, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: CHO, Charlot. Albermarle, runway 3, 6,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 88 total, 88 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CHO

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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