# NTSB LAX85LA120: Cessna 152, N65273, Chandler, AZ, January 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 22, 1985, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.320384, -111.86901 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3204&lon=-111.8690&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): 24641
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24641/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA120

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - qualification, pilot in command
  - improper use of procedure, flight instructor(on ground)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), THE STUDENT PLT DEMONSTRATED 4 GOOD TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS WHILE ON A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. THE CFI DECIDED TO SOLO THE STUDENT, WHO DID NOT HOLD EITHER A MEDICAL OR STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE. THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO MAKE 1 SOLO TOUCH-&-GO FOLLOWED BY A FULL STOP LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE CFI, THE STUDENT FLEW A NORMAL PATTERN; HOWEVER, HE MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A HIGH BOUNCE. THE ACFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, & AFTER 6 OR 7 OSCILLATIONS, IT IMPACTED NOSE 1ST, THEN CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65273](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65273-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N 15285285, built 1981 (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: 15285285
- Airframe hours: 2832
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sawyer Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, January 5, 1985, 35 hours before
- Departed: P10
- Airport: PLO, Chandler Muni, runway 22, 3,810 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; seat: left; flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F

## 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 19850122003559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850122003559A), Jan 22, 1985: Cessna 152, Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Solo student porpoised on landing until nose gear collapsed. Student did not have medical or student certificate.

## Other investigations on N65273 (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 LAX97LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA309), Aug 31, 1997: Cessna 152 (N65273), Imperial, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing and to arrest porpoising after an improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors in the accident were the misjudging of distance…

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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