FTW84LA371

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 152 · Tulsa, OK · August 25, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
August 25, 1984, 18:42 local (23:42 UTC)
Place
Tulsa, OK
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N89099Cessna 152
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19840825076609A
Case key
21447

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Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Flare - improperPilot in commandCause
Loss of control - on ground/waterLanding
Recovery from bounced landing - improperPilot in commandCause
Lack of total experiencePilot in commandFactor
Nose gear collapsedLanding
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overloadFactor
Nose downLanding

Analysis

Plt lost control after a hard, right-wind-down landing. Acft porpoised, collapsing the nose gear and came to rest nose down.

Aircraft

Registration
N89099
Reported as
Cessna 152
Category
Airplane
Serial number
15282631
Engine
Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
Alan Nass, doing business as Riverside Areo
Registered owner
N89099 Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Airport
RVS · Richard Lloyd Jones Jr., runway 18R, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Certificate
Student
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
15 total · 15 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
120° at 8 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
RVS

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.