# NTSB FTW85LA208: Cessna 152, N6593L, Tulsa, OK, May 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Coordinates: 36.109592, -95.809318 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1096&lon=-95.8093&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): 21739
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA208
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21739/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA208

## 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)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLT PRACTICING SOLO LANDINGS. HE STATED HE MADE A HARD LANDING AND THE ACFT BOUNCED WITH THE NOSE GEAR ASS'Y SEPARATING ALLOWING THE ACFT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE LEFT WING ASS'Y RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6593L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6593L-2018-05-25), registration cancelled 2018-05-25, S/N 15284452, built 1980 (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: 15284452
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: James Lawbaugh
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1984, 40 hours before
- Airport: RVS, Richard-Jones-Riverside, runway 18L, 3,006 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 79 °F
- 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 19850504019179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850504019179A), May 4, 1985: Cessna 152, Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Solo student landed hard bounced and came down on nose gear which collapsed.

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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