# NTSB CHI87LA063: Cessna 152, N93078, Evansville, IN, January 20, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 20, 1987, 14:17 local (20:17 UTC)
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Coordinates: 37.980094, -87.540481 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9801&lon=-87.5405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13718
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13718/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA063

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate initial training, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON THE SECOND LANDING (TOUCH AND GO) OF A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF HE HAD BEEN GIVEN TRAINING IN RECOVERING FROM BOUNCED LANDINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93078](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93078), registered now, S/N 15285391, built 1981 (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: 15285391
- Airframe hours: 1825
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bullfrog, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1986, 50 hours before
- Airport: EVV, Dress Regional, runway 27, 3,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 25 °F

## 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 19870120000779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870120000779A), Jan 20, 1987: Cessna 152, Evansville, IN, Substantial damage. Student pilot on first solo flight. Hard landing. Bounced. Landed on nose gear. Gear collapsed.

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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