# NTSB LAX82DA249: Cessna 152, N68940, Prescott, AZ, July 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1982, 08:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.619052, -112.420051 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6191&lon=-112.4201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72305
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72305/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA249

## 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)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate transition/upgrade training, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. DURING HIS FIRST LANDING ON THIS FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSEWHEEL FIRST. IT THEN BEGAN TO PORPOISE. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, HE HAD NOT BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68940](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68940-1988-04-27), registration cancelled 1988-04-27, S/N 15282409 (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: 15282409
- Airframe hours: 139
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Southwest Airmotive
- Registered owner: D & E Leasing Company
- Departed: PRC, PRESCOTT, AZ
- Destination: PRC, PRESCOTT, AZ
- Airport: PRC, Ernest A. Love, runway 3, 7,618 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 160 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PRC

## 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 19820708026319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820708026319A), Jul 8, 1982: Cessna 152, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed nose first and porpoised on runway until nose wheel 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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