# NTSB FTW84LA088: Cessna 152, N89551, Plano, TX, December 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 5, 1983, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Plano, TX
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21226
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21226/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA088

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, atc personnel(artcc) (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command(cfi)

## Analysis

DURING A TOUCH-&-GO LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED BACK IN TEH AIR AFTER TOUCHING DOWN. AT THAT TIME, THE SUDENT PLT REACTED BY PUSHING FORWARD ON THE CONTROL YOKE. THE ACFT THEN IMPACTED, NOSE DOWN, & THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89551](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89551-2013-07-29), registration cancelled 2013-07-29, S/N 15282782, 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: 15282782
- Airframe hours: 1463
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stramel Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 12, 1983, 25 hours before
- Airport: F26, Dallas North, runway 34, 3,100 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 467 total, 245 in this make and model, 329 as pilot in command, 172 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °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 19831205060249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831205060249A), Dec 5, 1983: Cessna 152, Plano, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot pushed the nose down during a landing bounce and nose wheel collapsed.

## Other investigations on N89551 (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 FTW82DPA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DPA13), Jun 8, 1982: Cessna 152 (N89551), Mckinney, TX, substantial damage

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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