# NTSB DEN85LA111: Cessna 152, N66952, West Jordan, UT, April 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 3, 1985, 18:30 local (Apr 4, 1985, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: West Jordan, UT
- Coordinates: 40.620319, -111.980895 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6203&lon=-111.9809&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): 16660
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16660/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA111

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - improper, flight instructor(on ground)
  - qualification, flight instructor(on ground) (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command
  - qualification, pilot in command
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not possible
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS 1ST SOLO FLT. HIS INSTRUCTOR PLT REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT MADE A HIGH & FAST APCH. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ITS MAIN GEAR, BOUNCED, THEN CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR WHICH COLLAPSED. AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE ACFT SKIDDED OFF THE RWY. NEITHER THE STUDENT NOR HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE PROPERLY CERTIFIED. NEITHER HAD A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66952](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66952-2020-10-02), registration cancelled 2020-10-02, S/N 15281687, 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: 15281687
- Airframe hours: 1635
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Al Alder, doing business as Skyhawk Aviation
- Registered owner: A & T Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1985, 34 hours before
- Airport: U42, Salt Lake City Municipal, runway 34, 5,700 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; medical: expired; seat: left; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SLC, 13 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 19850403014009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850403014009A), Apr 3, 1985: Cessna 152, West Jordan, UT, Substantial damage. Student bounced on landing and came down on nosewheel which collapsed. No student certificate.

## Other investigations on N66952 (1)

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 DEN04LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA044), Feb 12, 2004: Cessna 152 (N66952), West Jordan, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the exhaust valve for the engine's number one cylinder, resulting in the exhaust valve/piston contact and the subsequent total loss of engine power. Contributing factors include the…

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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