# NTSB CHI84LA175: Cessna 152, N94222, Traverse City, MI, May 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1984, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Coordinates: 44.76094, -85.700561 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7609&lon=-85.7006&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): 12599
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12599/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA175

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (cause)
- Nose over, landing - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94222-2000-07-14), registration cancelled 2000-07-14, S/N 15285625 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285625
- Airframe hours: 948
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840506016019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840506016019A), May 6, 1984: Cessna 152, Traverse City, MI, Substantial damage. Bounced and lost control. Impact collapsed the nosewheel. Aircraft slid off the runway and overturned.

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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