# NTSB FTW84LA371: Cessna 152, N89099, Tulsa, OK, August 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1984, 18:42 local (23:42 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Coordinates: 36.039882, -95.880355 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0399&lon=-95.8804&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): 21447
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA371
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21447/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA371

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89099-2002-04-10), registration cancelled 2002-04-10, S/N 15283010, 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: 15282631
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840825076609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840825076609A), Aug 25, 1984: Cessna 152, Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Made a hard landing with right wing down. Aircraft porpoised, nose gear collapsed, right wing damaged.

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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