# NTSB BFO86LA022: Cessna 152II, N757JZ, Clinton, MD, April 8, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 8, 1986, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Clinton, MD
- Coordinates: 38.760826, -76.889953 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7608&lon=-76.8900&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): 11244
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11244/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - panic, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING TOUCHDOWN. THE STUDENT PLT STATED THE ACFT BOUNCED AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON ALL THREE LANDING GEARS. THE PILOT STATED SHE MAY HAVE PANICKED AND PUSHED THE CONTROL YOKE FORWARD. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. IT THEN TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757JZ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757JZ-2002-06-17), registration cancelled 2002-06-17, S/N 15279789, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152II
- 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: 15279789
- Airframe hours: 2296
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Professional Flight Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 1, 1986
- Airport: W28, P.G. Airpark, runway 24, 2,580 × 36 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 63 total, 47 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DCA, 9 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 19860408019739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860408019739A), Apr 8, 1986: Cessna 152, Clinton, MD, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing then landed on and collapsed the nose gear. Went off the side of the runway and nosed over.

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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