# NTSB CHI87LA127: Cessna 152, N5286P, Waukesha, WI, May 13, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1987, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Coordinates: 42.970546, -88.120216 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9705&lon=-88.1202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13765
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13765/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA127

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RWY 18 AND THE APCH 'SEEMED NORMAL.' THE PLT STATED THAT HE 'SLIPPED INTO WIND' ON FINAL APCH AND EXTENDED TEN DEGREES OF FLAPS, BUT WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED OUT, THE ACFT 'VEERED' TO THE LEFT SUDDENLY. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE TRIED TO RECOVER USING THE RUDDERS, HOWEVER, THE ACFT LANDED 'HEAVILY' ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE ACFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ALONGSIDE THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5286P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5286P), registered now, S/N 15284907, 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: 15284907
- Airframe hours: 4000
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Trans Air Corp.
- Registered owner: O'Brien Aviation Inc.
- Departed: C59, DELAVAN, WI
- Destination: UES, WAUKESHA, WI
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: UES, Waukesha County, runway 18, 3,599 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 131 total, 81 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: UES

## 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 19870513013149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870513013149A), May 13, 1987: Cessna 152, Waukesha, WI, Substantial damage. Student landed aircraft hard in a crab. The nose gear failed and the aircraft departed the side of the runway.

## Other investigations on N5286P (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 NYC01LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA161), Jul 2, 2001: Cessna 152 (N5286P), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of control of the airplane after bouncing the landing. A factor in the accident was her heightened anxiety over making her first solo landing.

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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