# NTSB FTW84LA320: Cessna 152, N5246Q, College Station, TX, July 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 23, 1984, 18:32 local (23:32 UTC)
- Place: College Station, TX
- Coordinates: 30.600584, -96.309112 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6006&lon=-96.3091&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): 21406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA320
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21406/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA320

## 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)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED DOWN AFTER A BOUNCED LANDING. THE STUDENT PLT HAD 1 HOUR PIC TOTAL. SHE SAID THE ACFT BALLOONED AND BOUNCED DURING LANDING. SHE SAID SHE SHOULD HAVE ADDED POWER DURING THE BALLOONING TO REFLARE OR COMPLETED A GO-AROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5246Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5246Q), registered now, S/N 15285092, built 1981 (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: 15285092
- Airframe hours: 836
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Brazos Aviation
- Registered owner: Bolen French, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CLL, COLLEGE STATION, TX
- Airport: CLL, Easterwood, runway 10, 5,160 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLL

## 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 19840723034329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840723034329A), Jul 23, 1984: Cessna 152, College Station, TX, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing folding the nose gear and damage to prop and wing. Improper control imputs factor.

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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