# NTSB CHI92LA292: Cessna 152, N69225, Cape Girardeau, MO, September 27, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 27, 1992, 16:16 local (21:16 UTC)
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Coordinates: 37.339859, -89.569885 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3399&lon=-89.5699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15559
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA292
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15559/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA292

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PILOT FLARED LATE FOR LANDING.  THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AT TOUCHDOWN, BOUNCED AGAIN 3 TIMES, AND FINALLY LANDED HEAVILY ON THE NOSE GEAR, WHICH COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69225](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69225-1995-04-12), registration cancelled 1995-04-12, S/N 15282570 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282570
- Airframe hours: 5928
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2L 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Bolivar Aviation, doing business as Bolivar Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner: Bolivar Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 30, 1992, 93 hours before
- Departed: CGI
- Airport: CGI, Cape Girardeau Municipal, runway 2, 3,996 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CGI, 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 19920927044269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920927044269A), Sep 27, 1992: Cessna 152, Cape Girardeau, MO, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing due to a late flare and improper recovery or lack of same.

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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