# NTSB LAX83FA066: Cessna 152, N49750, Van Nuys, CA, January 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 3, 1983, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Coordinates: 34.190254, -118.490928 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1903&lon=-118.4909&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): 23414
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23414/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA066

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - separation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING HIS SECOND SOLO FLIGHT. ON THE FIRST ATTEMPTED TOUCH AND GO HE MADE A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED, PORPOISED AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. FIRE ERUPTED FROM THE ENGINE AREA. EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT ON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY SEPARATED REARWARD AND THE FUEL LINE FITTING HAD SEPARATED AT THE CARBURETOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N49750 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283502
- Airframe hours: 577
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Yehiam Konski, doing business as Konski Aviation
- Registered owner: Henri Pipper
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 14, 1982, 77 hours before
- Destination: VNY
- Airport: VNY, Van Nuys, runway 16, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: VNY

## 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 19830103000079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830103000079A), Jan 3, 1983: Cessna 152, Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot bounced and porpoised on landing. Nose gear collapsed severing fuel line fitting. Caused a fire.

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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