# NTSB FTW86LA090: Cessna 152, N94479, Fort Worth, TX, May 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1986, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.819541, -97.360946 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8195&lon=-97.3609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22028
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22028/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA090

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate training, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN HE LANDED NOSE WHEEL FIRST, CAUSING THE ACFT TO BOUNCE SEVERAL TIMES AND VEER OFF THE RWY TOWARD A DITCH. THE STUDENT PLT, IN HIS ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE DITCH, OVER COMPENSATED WITH THE BRAKES AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N94479 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285686
- Airframe hours: 2267
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Omniflight Training
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 1986, 67 hours before
- Airport: FTW, Meacham Field, runway 34L, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW

## 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 19860526019619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860526019619A), May 26, 1986: Cessna 152, Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Bounced several times after nosewheel landing. Veered and solo student slammed on brakes and aircraft nosed over.

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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