# NTSB DEN84LA272: Cessna 152, N6561Q, Kirtland Afb, NM, August 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1984, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Kirtland Afb, NM
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16473
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA272
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16473/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA272

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

UPON TOUCHDOWN A HARD LANDING WAS MADE AFTER WHICH THE ACFT BOUNCED AND BECAME AIRBORNE. THE ACFT CONTACTED THE RWY HARD AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6561Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6561Q), registered now, S/N 15285273, built 1981 (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: 15285273
- Airframe hours: 1434
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Kirtland Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner: James Mcdaniel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 20, 1984, 5 hours before
- Departed: KIRTLAND AFB, NM
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ABQ, Kirtland Afb, runway 3, 7,750 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 78 total, 78 in this make and model, 27 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 50 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 19840829044429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840829044429A), Aug 29, 1984: Cessna 152, Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing causing prop to strike runway followed by nose wheel collapsing.

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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