# NTSB DEN85LQA02: Cessna 152, N5372B, Santa Teresa, NM, July 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1985, 14:02 local (20:02 UTC)
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Coordinates: 31.84003, -106.680015 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8400&lon=-106.6800&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): 16770
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LQA02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16770/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LQA02

## 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)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - aborted landing
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE HELCOPTER PLT WAS ON A SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLT IN THE CESSNA 152 AIRPLANE. HE HAD ONLY 9 HRS FLT TIME IN FIXED WING ACFT. WHILE ON A TOUCH-&-GO LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED AS IT TOUCHED DOWN. IT THEN BOUNCED 2 MORE TIMES WITH EACH BOUNCE BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY HARDER. AFTER THE 3RD BOUNCE, THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT CLIMBED TO APRX 50 TO 60 FT AGL, THEN STALLED & IMPACTED ON SANDY SOIL TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY. THE PLT SAID THAT HE SHOULD HAVE INITIATED A GO-AROUND AFTER THE 1ST BOUNCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5372B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5372B-2013-09-26), registration cancelled 2013-09-26, S/N 15283851, 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: 15283851
- Airframe hours: 33898
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jim Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 30, 1985, 48 hours before
- Airport: 5T6, Santa Teresa, runway 10, 5,400 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial; instrument ratings: helicopter; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 354 total, 9 in this make and model, 175 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 100 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ELP, 18 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 19850706033469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850706033469A), Jul 6, 1985: Cessna 152, Santa Teresa, NM, Substantial damage. Aircraft stalled during go around attempt after several bounces. Helicopter pilot to receive more fixed wing dual.

## Other investigations on N5372B (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 NYC08FA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA238), Jul 5, 2008: Cessna 152 (N5372B), Rossville, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined.

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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