# NTSB FTW85LA118: Cessna 152, N94238, Jasper, TX, February 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 16, 1985, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Jasper, TX
- Coordinates: 30.920394, -93.989906 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9204&lon=-93.9899&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): 21672
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21672/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA118

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - flare - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED A ROLLING ACTION AND A NOSE DOWN PITCH POSSIBLY FROM TURBULENCE. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST SO HARD THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94238](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94238-1989-03-15), registration cancelled 1989-03-15, S/N 15285628 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285628
- Airframe hours: 1294
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: B.E.J. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 2, 1984, 99 hours before
- Departed: DWH, HOUSTON, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: JAS, Jasper, runway 17, 4,000 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LFK, 50 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 19850216022859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850216022859A), Feb 16, 1985: Cessna 152, Jasper, TX, Destroyed. Landed hard on nose wheel causing collapse. Solo student reported turbulence. Crosswind could have been a 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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