# NTSB CHI88LA204: Cessna 152, N94954, Eden Prairie, MN, August 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1988, 14:11 local (19:11 UTC)
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Coordinates: 44.819942, -93.339408 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8199&lon=-93.3394&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): 14140
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA204
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14140/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA204

## 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)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED RESULTING IN A PORPOISE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED RENDERING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N94954 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285822
- Airframe hours: 2422
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Vincent, Stephen M., doing business as Classic Aviation
- Registered owner: Vincent, Stephen M.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: RWF, REDWOOD FALLS, MN
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: FCM, Flying Cloud, runway 9L, 3,299 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FCM

## 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 19880815032989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880815032989A), Aug 15, 1988: Cessna 152, Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Student pilot made a hard landing, bounced, which resulted in a porpoise. Nose gear collapsed. Prop struck runway.

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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