# NTSB CHI88LA181: Cessna 152, N69120, Belleville, MI, July 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 31, 1988, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place: Belleville, MI
- Coordinates: 42.199371, -83.480369 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1994&lon=-83.4804&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 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14126
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14126/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA181

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING A SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOS, THE STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT FAILED TO PERFORM REMEDIAL ACTION AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PORPOISE DOWN THE RUNWAY, EVENTUALLY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND SKIDDING TO A STOP. THE FLIGHT WAS THE STUDENT'S THIRD SOLO FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N69120 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282495
- Airframe hours: 2512
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ellis Limited, Inc.
- Registered owner: Ellis Limited Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 21, 1988, 13 hours before
- Airport: Y1P, Willow Run, runway 5R, 7,526 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: YIP

## 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 19880731028579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880731028579A), Jul 31, 1988: Cessna 152, Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Bounced. Came down hard on its nose. Porpoised and collapsed nose gear on a practice 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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