# NTSB CHI86LA015: Cessna 152, N4965Q, Cahokia, IL, October 24, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 24, 1985, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Coordinates: 38.569442, -90.169891 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5694&lon=-90.1699&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): 13373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13373/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA015

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. THE PILOT WAS COMPENSATING FOR A CROSSWIND WHEN HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS NOSE RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4965Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4965Q-1993-04-30), registration cancelled 1993-04-30, S/N 15285066 (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: 15285066
- Airframe hours: 1861
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Parks College
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 5, 1985, 87 hours before
- Airport: CPS, Bi-State Parks, runway 30, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CPS

## 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 19851024076369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851024076369A), Oct 24, 1985: Cessna 152, Cahokia, IL, Substantial damage. Solo student porpoised on landing with resultant nose wheel collapse.

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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