# NTSB FTW84LA134: Cessna 152, N6202M, Stillwater, OK, February 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1984, 01:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Stillwater, OK
- Coordinates: 36.07904, -97.069488 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0790&lon=-97.0695&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): 21258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA134
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21258/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA134

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - light condition - night
  - landing gear,tire - failure,total
  - landing gear,steering system - failure,total
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING LANDING THE NOSE GEAR OF THE ACFT COLLAPSED. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO SHIMMY AFTER LANDING AND HE PULLED THE STICK BACK TO RAISE THE NOSE GEAR. WHEN THE GEAR CONTACTED THE RWY AGAIN IT COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE SHOWED THE NOSE GEAR TURNED ABOUT 75 DEGREES TO THE LEFT WITH THE STEERING RODS BROKEN. THE TIRE WAS FLAT AND THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS GROUND DOWN TO THE FORK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6202M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6202M-2021-06-05), registration cancelled 2021-06-05, S/N 15284638, built 1980 (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: 15284638
- Airframe hours: 1827
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Keith Aviation,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 3, 1984, 50 hours before
- Departed: PNC, PONCA CITY, OK
- Airport: SWO, Stillwater, runway 17, 5,002 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 81 total, 71 in this make and model, 54 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 160° at 15 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: END, 37 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 19840215029479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840215029479A), Feb 15, 1984: Cessna 152, Stillwater, OK, Substantial damage. Damage indicates aircraft impacted the runway hard with nose down. Pilot had not logged any flights since 1982.

## Other investigations on N6202M (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 CEN19LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA064), Dec 29, 2018: Cessna 152 (N6202M), Horseshoe Bay, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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