# NTSB FTW84LA199: Cessna 152, N24708, Tulsa, OK, April 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 14, 1984, 14:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Location: 36.0396° N, 95.9846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA RIVERSIDE (RVS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0396&lon=-95.9846&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): 21309
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21309/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA199

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE STUDENT WAS ON HIS 3RD SOLO FLT, PRACTICING TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RWY, THEN BOUNCED ONTO THE PREPARED SURFACE. THE ACFT PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES. THE PLT MADE NO ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24708](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24708), registered now, S/N 15280332, 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: 15280332
- Airframe hours: 4904
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Spartan School Of Aeronautics
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: RVS, Richard Lloyd Jones Jr., runway 36, 3,006 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RVS

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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