CHI84LA175

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 152 · Traverse City, MI · May 6, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
May 6, 1984, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
Place
Traverse City, MI
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N94222Cessna 152
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19840506016019A
Case key
12599

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Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Airspeed - improperPilot in commandFactor
Anxiety/apprehensionPilot in commandFactor
Flare - inadequatePilot in commandCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperPilot in commandFactor
Nose gear collapsedLanding - flare/touchdown
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overloadCause
Nose overLanding - roll

Analysis

The student pilot landed with excess airspeed & bounced. The second landing was harder than the first & collapsed the nose wheel. The acft nose over as it slid off the right side of the rwy. Investigation revealed that the tower had advised the plt to hold short of the intersecting runway 28. She stated that this may have led to the apprehension of getting the airplane on the ground and stopped before it was actually ready to land.

Aircraft

Registration
N94222
Reported as
Cessna 152
Category
Airplane
Serial number
15285625
Airframe hours
948
Engine
Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Northwestern Michigan
Registered owner
Cessna Finance Corporation
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Utility
Last inspection
100 hour · February 15, 1984 · 52 hours before
Airport
TVC · Cherry Capital, runway 18, 5,108 × 150 ft, concrete

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
37
Certificate
Student
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
97 total · 97 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
40° at 4 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
TVC

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.