# NTSB CHI91LA151: Cessna 152, N69101, Pontiac, MI, May 11, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 11, 1991, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Coordinates: 42.769542, -82.530868 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7695&lon=-82.5309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 9, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15061
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15061/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA151

## Probable cause

RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING WAS IMPROPER BY THE PILOT.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE BY THE PILOT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THAT WHILE ATTEMPING TO LAND, HIT HARD, THEN BOUNCED.  SHE SAID THAT SHE MUST HAVE USED FORWARD PRESSURE ON THE YOKE, AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN AGAIN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY NOSE DOWN.  THIS WAS HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN OVER 30 DAYS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69101](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69101-2013-12-20), registration cancelled 2013-12-20, S/N 15282481, built 1978 (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: 15282481
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kitze Avaition, Inc.
- Airport: PTK, Pontiac-Oakland, runway 27, 3,251 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 14 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: PTK, 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 19910511015359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910511015359A), May 11, 1991: Cessna 152, Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. Bounced on hard landing came down on nosewheel and collapsed it under nose section. Lacked 90 day solo endorsement.

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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