# NTSB DEN88LA113: Cessna 152, N67446, Fort Collins, CO, May 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1988, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Coordinates: 40.649715, -105.029937 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6497&lon=-105.0299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17471
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17471/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA113

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, 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 - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT. AT TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT BOUNCED AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PLANE NOSED DOWN. THE FBO REPORTED CALM WINDS AND DRY RNWY CONDITIONS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67446](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67446-1991-02-07), registration cancelled 1991-02-07, S/N 15281838 (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: 15281838
- Airframe hours: 4280
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry C. Richardson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 21, 1988, 3 hours before
- Departed: 3V5, FORT COLLINS, CO
- Destination: 3V5
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: 3V5, Fort Collins, runway 11, 4,700 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 19880528018819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880528018819A), May 28, 1988: Cessna 152, Fort Collins, CO, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing from a solo crosscountry. Nose wheel collapsed and aircraft stopped on the 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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