# NTSB DEN86LA081: Cessna 152, N6353M, Alameda, NM, February 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 19, 1986, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Alameda, NM
- Coordinates: 35.190193, -106.690383 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1902&lon=-106.6904&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): 16922
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16922/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA081

## 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 - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE IT'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK FOLLOWING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6353M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6353M-1990-02-14), registration cancelled 1990-02-14, S/N 15284691 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284691
- Airframe hours: 2909
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Seven Bar Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 17, 1986, 118 hours before
- Departed: GUP, GALLUP, NM
- Destination: Q64, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Flight plan: VFR/IFR
- Airport: 064, Alameda, runway 17, 6,080 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; student; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 9 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 66 °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 19860219004819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860219004819A), Feb 19, 1986: Cessna 152, Alameda, NM, Substantial damage. Bounced twice during the landing before the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed over onto its back.

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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