# NTSB BFO93LA065: Cessna 152, N49394, Turner Falls, MA, May 1, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1993, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Turner Falls, MA
- Location: 42.5916° N, 72.5230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TURNERS FALLS (0B5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5916&lon=-72.5230&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11927
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO93LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11927/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA065

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

## 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)

## Analysis

DURING A LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, THEN IT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO AIRFRAME OR ENGINE ANOMALIES BEFORE THE LANDING.  ALSO, HE REPORTED THE WINDS WERE FROM 260 DEG AT 2 TO 3 KNOTS, BUT WERE GUSTING 5 TO 8 KNOTS.  ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH AT SPRINGFIELD, MA, THE WIND WAS FROM 010 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49394](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49394-2019-05-07), registration cancelled 2019-05-07, S/N 15281234, 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: 15281234
- Airframe hours: 5836
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Collegiate Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner: Collegiate Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, January 14, 1993, 131 hours before
- Airport: 0B5, Turner Falls, runway 34, 3,013 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CEF, 20 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 19930501025839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930501025839A), May 1, 1993: Cessna 152, Montague, MA, Substantial damage. Exited side of runway while raising flaps after landing. Bent nose gear aft on runway lip trying to regain runway.

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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