# NTSB CHI84LA115: Cessna 152, N5355P, Milwaukee, WI, February 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1984, 15:16 local (21:16 UTC)
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Coordinates: 43.120906, -88.039306 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1209&lon=-88.0393&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): 12550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA115
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12550/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA115

## 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)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT BOUNCED ON THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN AND THEN CONTACTED THE RWY WITH THE NOSE GEAR. AFTERTHE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5355P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5355P), registered now, S/N 15284926, built 1981 (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: 15284926
- Airframe hours: 2609
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gran Aire, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 17, 1984, 9 hours before
- Departed: MSN, MADISON, WI
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MWC, Timmerman, runway 22R, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 14 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MWC

## 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 19840222004279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840222004279A), Feb 22, 1984: Cessna 152, Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impact collapsed the nose gear.

## Other investigations on N5355P (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 CHI81DEP33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEP33), Jul 11, 1981: Cessna 152 (N5355P), Milwaukee, 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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