# NTSB CHI83LA206: Cessna 152, N69353, Chicago, IL, May 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1983, 12:23 local (17:23 UTC)
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Coordinates: 41.780212, -87.769195 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7802&lon=-87.7692&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): 12168
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12168/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA206

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT TOOK OFF FROM MIDWAY ARPT, FLEW TO ANOTHER ARPT TO PRACTICE LANDINGS, THEN RETURNED TO MIDWAY TO LAND. WHILE HE WAS ON AN APPROACH TO LAND ON RWY 22R, THE TOWER CONTROLLER REQUESTED THAT THE STUDENT MAKE A SHORT APPROACH DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC. WHILE LANDING WITH A WIND FROM 130 DEG AT 10 KTS, THE ACFT BOUNCED ON THE 1ST TOUCHDOWN, THEN LANDED NOSEWHEEL 1ST. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS DAMAGED & A FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N69353 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 152
- Airframe hours: 1751
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Koz8cki Robert W.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 17, 1983, 6 hours before
- Airport: MDW, Midway, runway 22R, 5,508 × 175 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW

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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