# NTSB CHI88LA122: Cessna 152, N68312, Romeoville, IL, May 30, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 30, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Romeoville, IL
- Location: 41.6081° N, 88.0964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEWIS UNIVERSITY (LOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6081&lon=-88.0964&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 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14083
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14083/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA122

## 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)
  - recovery from bounced landing - poor, 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

## Aircraft

- Registration: N68312 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282248
- Airframe hours: 3136
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Drake Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner: Drake Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 27, 1988, 73 hours before
- Airport: LOT, Lewis University, runway 27, 3,000 × 48 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW, 17 nm away

## 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 19880530018369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880530018369A), May 30, 1988: Cessna 152, Romeoville, IL, Substantial damage. Bounced and came down hard on the nose gear which collapsed from the impact. Failed to recover from a bounce.

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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