# NTSB LAX83LA114: Cessna 152, N89048, Corona, CA, February 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1983, 11:14 local (19:14 UTC)
- Place: Corona, CA
- Location: 33.8753° N, 117.5664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corona, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8753&lon=-117.5664&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): 23625
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23625/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA114

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED HARD TWICE AND ON THE 2ND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE 1ST LANDING HAD BEEN NOSE GEAR 1ST,FOLLOWED BY A GO-AROUND AND THE GEAR APPEARED BENT. ON THE SECOND LANDING THE NOSE GEAR AGAIN HIT FIRST AND THIS TIME ITCOLLAPSED. THIS WAS THE 2ND SOLO FLT FOR THIS STUDENT PILOT IN HIS 39 HOURS OF FLYING. THE TRAINING SCHOOL RECOMMENDED THAT FIRST TIME SOLO STUDENTS TAKE A PRE-SOLO CHECK RIDE FOR AN ADDED OVERVIEW OF THEIR PROFICIENCY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89048](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89048-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 15282609, built 1978 (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: 82609
- Airframe hours: 1175
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Wright Aviation
- Registered owner: Paul Panagotacos
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, April 5, 1982, 55 hours before
- Airport: L66, Corona, runway 25, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNO, 6 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 19830222005079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830222005079A), Feb 22, 1983: Cessna 152, Corona, CA, Substantial damage. Landed nose wheel first. Impact bent gear but student went around and did it again. This time collapsing nose gear.

## Other investigations on N89048 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI79DEP32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP32), Feb 26, 1979: Cessna 152 (N89048), Eau Claire, WI, substantial damage

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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