# NTSB CHI84LA304: Cessna 152, N757TH, South Branch, MI, February 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1984, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: South Branch, MI
- Coordinates: 44.460193, -83.879455 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4602&lon=-83.8795&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): 12702
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA304
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12702/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA304

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT. HE REPORTED THAT WHEN HE LANDED, THE ACFT BOUNCED TWICE. AFTER THE 2ND BOUNCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE GRASS STRIP WAS ROUGH & NOT WELL MAINTAINED & THAT THE GROUND WAS SOFT. ALSO, HE SAID THERE WERE TALL TREES NEAR THE APCH END OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757TH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757TH), registered now, S/N 15279988, built 1977 (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: 15279988
- Airframe hours: 17192
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Highflight Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 21, 1983, 1,955 hours before
- Departed: D13, FRASER, MI
- Destination: 7Y0, SOUTH BRANCH, MI
- Airport: 7YO, Timbers Sky Camp, runway 18, 2,100 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 8 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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