# NTSB CHI82DA293: Cessna 152, N65561, Belvidere, IL, August 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1982, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Belvidere, IL
- Location: 42.2654° N, 88.8878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belvidere, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2654&lon=-88.8878&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69925
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA293
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69925/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA293

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. ON HIS LAST LANDING, THE NOSEWHEEL STRUCK THE GROUND HARD. HE REPORTED THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE NOSEWHEEL, AND FIREWALL AND THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE BENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65561](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65561), registered now, S/N 15281619, built 1978 (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: 15281619
- Airframe hours: 1876
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: M.S.T. Aviation
- Registered owner: M.S.T. Aviation
- Departed: BELVIDERE, IL
- Destination: BELVIDERE, IL
- Airport: L36, Belvidere, runway 18, 2,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles

## 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 19820803034779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820803034779A), Aug 3, 1982: Cessna 152, Belvidere, IL, Substantial damage. Student failed to level off for landing. Nose wheel broke from impact, damaged motor mounts and firewall

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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