# NTSB LAX86LA258: Cessna 152, N68916, Prescott, AZ, June 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 20, 1986, 06:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.620326, -112.419334 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6203&lon=-112.4193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25187
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA258
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25187/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA258

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (contributing factor)
  - , dual student (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, dual student (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, dual student (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - airspeed - not attained, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - uncontrolled, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 21. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INDICATED THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE OF A FULL FLAP LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW 45 DEGS OFF THE RUNWAY HEADING. THE CFI IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A GO-AROUND BY APPLYING 'FULL POWER, LAST NOTCH OF FLAPS UP, AND CLIMB'. THE STALL WARNING CAME ON AND THE CFI PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND THREE TIMES PRIOR TO COMING TO A FULL STOP. THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK PROVIDES AMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR 'BALKED LANDINGS' (GO-AROUND). IT STATES, 'IN A BALKED LANDING CLIMB, THE WING FLAP SETTING SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 20 DEGS IMMEDIATELY AFTER FULL POWER IS APPLIED. UPON REACHING A SAFE AIRSPEED, THE FLAPS SHOULD BE SLOWLY RETRACTED TO THE FULL UP POSITION'.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N68916 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282400
- Airframe hours: 3476
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: North Aire Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 9, 1986, 97 hours before
- Departed: PRC, PRESCOTT, AZ
- Airport: PRC, Ernest A. Love Fld, runway 21, 7,616 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 910 total, 188 in this make and model, 698 as pilot in command, 206 in the last 90 days, 87 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °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 19860620027039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860620027039A), Jun 20, 1986: Cessna 152, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. The aircraft impacted the runway during go around. The instructor retracted the flaps early after taking control.

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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