# NTSB CHI83LA218: Cessna 152, N67613, New Richmond, WI, May 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1983, 19:30 local (May 17, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: New Richmond, WI
- Coordinates: 45.11938, -92.529052 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1194&lon=-92.5291&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): 12179
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA218
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12179/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA218

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT ON HIS 2ND SOLO FLT MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THIS WAS THE 1ST LANDING OF THEFLIGHT AND THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE GEAR FIRST. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND FOLDED BACKWARD. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE COWLING WAS BENT, THE ENGINE MOUNTS BROKEN AND FIRE WALL BENT. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE WIND WAS CALM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67613](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67613-2013-07-02), registration cancelled 2013-07-02, S/N 15281947, 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: 41505
- Airframe hours: 1025
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Willow River Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 12, 1982, 57 hours before
- Departed: WI36, NEW RICHMOND, WI
- Airport: WI36, New Richmond, runway 32, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830516019619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830516019619A), May 16, 1983: Cessna 152, New Richmond, WI, Substantial damage. Student on second solo landed hard on the nosewheel folding the gear rearward. Failed to flare for landing.

## Other investigations on N67613 (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 CHI81DER34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER34), May 1, 1981: Cessna 152 (N67613), Boyceville, WI, substantial damage

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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