# NTSB CHI84LA375: Cessna 152, N67995, Kokomo, IN, August 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1984, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Coordinates: 40.469688, -86.129615 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4697&lon=-86.1296&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): 12761
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA375
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12761/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA375

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

PLT STATED THE ACFT WAS 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RWY AND HAD NOT TOUCHED DOWN SO BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE WAS RELEASED. THE ACFT THEN BOUNCED THREE TIMES ON THE RWY. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. PLT STATED AIRSPEED WAS EXCESSIVE ON FINAL APCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67995](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67995), registered now, S/N 15282128, built 1978 (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: 15282128
- Airframe hours: 2434
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Beene
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 8, 1984, 27 hours before
- Departed: 8I3, KOKOMO, IN
- Airport: 8I3, Glendale, runway 36, 2,048 × 110 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 30 total, 3 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19840825043529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840825043529A), Aug 25, 1984: Cessna 152, Kokomo, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot allowed airplane to porpoise until nose wheel broke off and aircraft flipped inverted.

## Other investigations on N67995 (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 CHI80DET13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DET13), Mar 22, 1980: Cessna 152 (N67995), Francesville, IN, 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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