# NTSB DEN82DA097: Cessna 152, N5329B, Grand Forks, ND, May 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1982, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Location: 47.9479° N, 97.1757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND FORKS INTL (GFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9479&lon=-97.1757&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70873
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70873/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA097

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - turbulence,clear air (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT BOUNCED AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN HARD. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AND THE FIREWALL AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED. THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR REPORTED LIGHT TURBULENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5329B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5329B-2009-10-22), registration cancelled 2009-10-22, S/N 15283837, built 1979 (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: 15283837
- Airframe hours: 1076
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Alan Lind
- Registered owner: Harold K. Grove
- Departed: GFK, GRAND FORKS, ND
- Destination: GFK, GRAND FORKS, ND
- Airport: GFK, Grand Forks, runway 8, 4,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 140 °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 19820526020329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820526020329A), May 26, 1982: Cessna 152, Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard bouncing landing causing nose wheel to collpase.

## Other investigations on N5329B (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 CHI94LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA063), Jan 13, 1994: Cessna 152 (N5329B), Casselton, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student's failure to attain proper runway alignment and to maintain directional control. A factor related to the accident was the snow covered runway.
- [NTSB MKC89LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA069), Mar 1, 1989: Cessna 152 (N5329B), Crookston, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ICY/SNOW COVERED RUNWAY.

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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