# NTSB CHI99LA304: Cessna 152, N869NE, Omaha, NE, August 18, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 18, 1999, 08:23 local (13:23 UTC)
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Coordinates: 41.30093, -95.889945 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3009&lon=-95.8899&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, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 47088
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI99LA304
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47088/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA304

## Probable cause

the student pilot's improper use of elevator control during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing

## Analysis

The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings.  The pilot said he landed normally, and after touching down, he pulled the yoke back to keep the nose wheel off the runway.  The pilot said that the airplane became airborne again and then came down hard on the nosewheel.  The airplane's nose gear collapsed and the airplane exited the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition. No preexisting mechanical anomalies were reported by the pilot.

## Factual narrative

On August 18, 1999, at 0823 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N869NE, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage during a touch-and-go landing, on runway 14L (4,060 feet by 75 feet, dry/concrete), at Eppley Airfield, Omaha, Nebraska.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 and was not on a flight plan.  The pilot, who was the sole occupant, reported no injuries.  The local flight had originated about 0815.

According to the pilot's logbook, the accident flight was the pilot's fourth solo flight.  In a written statement, the pilot said he "... landed normally."  The pilot said that after touching down, he "... pulled the yoke back to keep the nose wheel off the runway."  The pilot said that the aircraft became airborne again and "...then came down hard on the nosewheel."  The aircraft nose gear collapsed and the aircraft exited the runway.

Postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no anomalies that could be associated with a preexisting condition.  No preexisting mechanical anomalies were reported by the pilot.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N869NE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N869NE), registered now, S/N 15280149, 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: 15280149
- Airframe hours: 5214
- Engines: Lycoming O-235 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Truman Arnold Companies
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 25, 1999, 85 hours before
- Departed: OMA
- Airport: OMA, Eppley Airfield, runway 14L, 4,060 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OMA

## 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 19990818012709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990818012709A), Aug 18, 1999: Cessna 152, Omaha, NE, Substantial damage. Acft on first touch and go landing bounced back into the air then appeared to hit on its nose gear, acft veared to left then nosed over going verticle on its…

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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