# NTSB LAX83LA203: Cessna A152, N761SD, Chino, CA, April 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1983, 15:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Chino, CA
- Coordinates: 34.000003, -117.67971 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0000&lon=-117.6797&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): 23689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23689/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA203

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

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A LOCAL SOLO FLT TO PRACTICE TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. AFTER MAKING AN APCH TO RWY 26, THE ACFT LANDED HARD ON THE MAIN GEAR & BOUNCED. AFTER THE 3RD BOUNCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & A FIRE ERUPTED. THE PLT EXITED THE ACFT WITHOUT DIFFICULTY, BUT THE PLANE WAS CONSUMED BY A FUEL-FED FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N761SD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761SD-1989-03-14), registration cancelled 1989-03-14, S/N A1520980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520980
- Airframe hours: 396
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Starlight Flight Center
- Registered owner: Mr. & Mrs. Jantz & Mr. Norris
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 10, 1983, 97 hours before
- Airport: CNO, Chino, runway 26, 3,856 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 68 total, 68 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNO, 1 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 19830423018769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830423018769A), Apr 23, 1983: Cessna A152, Chino, CA, Destroyed. Student pilot made hard bouncing landing which collapsed nose gear resulting in 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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