# NTSB CHI91LA029: Cessna 152, N757MT, Kokomo, IN, November 13, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 13, 1990, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Location: 40.4864° N, 86.1336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kokomo, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4864&lon=-86.1336&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14957
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14957/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA029

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, RESULTING INADVERTENT PORPOISING.

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Analysis

SOLO STUDENT PILOT REPORTED HE WAS SLIGHTLY FAST AT TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF AND THE PILOT PUT IT BACK ON THE RUNWAY. PROPOISE OSCILLATIONS CONTINUED UNTIL, ON THE FOURTH TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED HE MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT BY NOT OVERCONTROLLING OR BY ABORTING THE LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757MT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757MT-2010-01-20), registration cancelled 2010-01-20, S/N 15279855, 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: 15279855
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Beene, Charles W
- Registered owner: Charles W Beene
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: 813, Glenndale, runway 18, 1,756 × 110 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19901113051159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901113051159A), Nov 13, 1990: Cessna 152, Kokomo, IN, Substantial damage. Landed fast ballooned kept trying to nail it down and porpoised until nose gear collapsed.

## Other investigations on N757MT (2)

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.

- [NTSB CHI93LA374](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA374), Sep 21, 1993: Cessna 152 (N757MT), Kokomo, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. FACTORS WERE HIS LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE AND HIS PREMATURE RETRACTION OF THE FLAPS.
- [NTSB CHI81DEX26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEX26), Jul 11, 1981: Cessna 152 (N757MT), Shelbyville, IN, substantial damage

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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