# NTSB CHI84LA269: Cessna 152, N94111, Ft. Wayne, IN, June 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1984, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Wayne, IN
- Coordinates: 40.99908, -85.210739 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9991&lon=-85.2107&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): 12676
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA269
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12676/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA269

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING A LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED & LANDED ON THE NOSE WHEEL, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94111](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94111-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 15285599, built 1982 (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: 15285599
- Airframe hours: 611
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Fort Wayne Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 7, 1984, 44 hours before
- Airport: FWA, Baer Field, runway 9, 5,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 39 total, 29 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FWA

## 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 19840629028579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840629028579A), Jun 29, 1984: Cessna 152, Ft Wayne, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing and nose wheel collapsed causing substantial damage.

## Other investigations on N94111 (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 CHI83LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA164), Apr 12, 1983: Cessna 152 (N94111), Kankakee, IL, 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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