# NTSB FTW83LA427: Cessna 152, N714WM, Fort Worth, TX, September 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 11, 1983, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.859806, -97.209335 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8598&lon=-97.2093&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): 21051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA427
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21051/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA427

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - performed, pilot in command
  - descent - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (cause)
  - abort - performed, pilot in command
  - flare - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT'S APCH TO LAND WAS HIGH & HE EXTENDED 20 DEG OF FLAPS & RETARDED THE POWER TO IDLE. REALIZING HE WAS ABOUT TO LAND TOO LONG, HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HE APPLIED POWER & RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO FULL UP. THE STUDENT STATED THAT THE ACFT BEGAN SETTLING TOO FAST & HE PANICKED, REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE & ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE ACFT ONTO THE RWY. THIS RESULTED IN A HEAVY IMPACT & THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714WM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714WM-2013-02-20), registration cancelled 2013-02-20, S/N 15279490, built 1977 (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: 15279490
- Airframe hours: 1742
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: H. H. Ogle
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, July 27, 1983, 22 hours before
- Departed: ADM, ARDMORE, OK
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: F70, Mangham, runway 17, 2,500 × 32 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 5 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW, 10 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 19830911048109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830911048109A), Sep 11, 1983: Cessna 152, Ft Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot waited too long to initiate go around. Pilot forced aircraft to ground collapsing nose wheel.

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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