# NTSB BFO86LA003: Cessna 152, N49396, Stevensville, MD, October 12, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 12, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Stevensville, MD
- Coordinates: 38.990478, -76.299461 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9905&lon=-76.2995&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): 11236
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86LA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11236/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86LA003

## 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)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PLT, APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD DOWN THE RWY HE FLARED TOO HIGH, AND THE ACFT BOUNCED AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE PLT DECIDED TO NOT ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND, AND THE ACFT CONTACTED THE RWY AGAIN. ON THE FINAL BOUNCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET LEFT OF THE RWY CENTERLINE BEFORE COMING TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49396](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49396-2012-12-18), registration cancelled 2012-12-18, S/N 15283453, built 1979 (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: 15283453
- Airframe hours: 2825
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Admiral Air Service, doing business as Kennedy Drive
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1985
- Departed: 1N4, WOODBINE, NJ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: W29, Bay Bridge, runway 28, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 79 total, 79 in this make and model, 19 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast

## 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 19851012073819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851012073819A), Oct 12, 1985: Cessna 152, Stevensville, MD, Substantial damage. Flared too high and bounced. Decided against a go around. On final bounce nose gear collapsed.

## Other investigations on N49396 (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 ERA09CA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA306), May 25, 2009: Cessna 152 (N49396), Lumberton, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during initial climb, which resulted in a loss of adequate airspeed and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.

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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