# NTSB CHI90LA215: Cessna 152, N757UX, Cahokia, IL, August 5, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1990, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Coordinates: 38.569656, -90.169113 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5697&lon=-90.1691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14737
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14737/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA215

## Probable cause

IMPROPER FLARE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

## 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 - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WAS REGAINED AND DURING THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ONTO ITS NOSE WITH THE NOSEGEAR BEING COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757UX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757UX-2013-07-18), registration cancelled 2013-07-18, S/N 15280024 (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: 15280024
- Airframe hours: 1967
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Belleville Area College
- Registered owner: Belleville Area College
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 2, 1990, 3 hours before
- Departed: VLA, VANDALIA, IL
- Airport: VLA, St. Louis Downtown Parks, runway 30R, 3,800 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 62 total, 49 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CPS, 1 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 19900805030299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900805030299A), Aug 5, 1990: Cessna 152, Cahokia, IL, Substantial damage. Ballooned on landing,allowed aircraft to come back down hard with collapsed nose gear.

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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