# NTSB CHI84LA019: Cessna 152, N94500, Elyria, OH, October 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 10, 1983, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Coordinates: 41.369625, -82.099388 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3696&lon=-82.0994&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): 12477
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12477/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING FINAL THE ACFT BALLOONED. THE PLT ADDED POWER FOR A GO-AROUND BUT THE ACFT SETTLED TO THE RWY NOSE GEAR FIRST. GEAR, PROP & FIREWALL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94500](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94500), registered now, S/N 15285692, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O235N2C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o235n2c) (registry code 42166, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285692
- Airframe hours: 354
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Elyria Aviation
- Registered owner: George Gousios
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 1, 1983, 42 hours before
- Airport: 1G1, Elyria, runway 9, 3,060 × 120 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft unknown
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE, 12 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 19831010054199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831010054199A), Oct 10, 1983: Cessna 152, Elyria, OH, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Came down hard on nose wheel. Impact damaged nose gear prop, motor mounts and firewall.

## Other investigations on N94500 (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 CEN12CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA277), May 1, 2012: Cessna 152 (N94500), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare, which resulted in a hard/bounced landing and subsequent impact with the 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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