# NTSB CHI87LA179: Cessna 152, N757JG, Detroit, MI, July 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1987, 20:40 local (Jul 22, 1987, 00:40 UTC)
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Coordinates: 42.43032, -82.980697 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4303&lon=-82.9807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13803
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA179
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13803/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA179

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total

## Analysis

ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND BOUNCED UP ABOUT 5-7 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757JG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N757JG), registered now, S/N 15279772, 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: 15279772
- Airframe hours: 4002
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Michigan Aero Corp.
- Last inspection: Unknown, March 18, 1987, 98 hours before
- Departed: DET, DETROIT, MI
- Airport: DET, Detroit City, runway 25, 4,026 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 79 total, 48 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DET

## 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 19870721059479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870721059479A), Jul 21, 1987: Cessna 152, Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft ballooned on landing and came down hard on the nose wheel. Student pilot.

## Other investigations on N757JG (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 DEN79FTE69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE69), Aug 1, 1979: Cessna 152 (N757JG), Englewood, CO, 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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