# NTSB CHI88LA138: Cessna 152, N757CD, Howell, MI, June 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1988, 20:30 local (Jun 22, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Howell, MI
- Location: 42.6081° N, 83.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Howell, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6081&lon=-83.9343&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14096/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA138

## 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 (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - aborted
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757CD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757CD-2018-06-29), registration cancelled 2018-06-29, S/N 15279625, 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: 15279625
- Airframe hours: 3595
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Free Spirit Aviation
- Registered owner: Richard Macdonald
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 18, 1988, 2 hours before
- Departed: 3HE, HOWELL, MI
- Airport: 3HE, Livingston County, runway 31, 4,300 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 16; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 14 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PTK, 20 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 19880621051989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880621051989A), Jun 21, 1988: Cessna 152, Howell, MI, Substantial damage. Bounced and ballooned then let go of controls. Aircraft bounced again and flipped over. Students third solo flight.

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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