# NTSB LAX87LA183: Cessna 152, N25331, Long Beach, CA, April 19, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 19, 1987, 14:41 local (21:41 UTC)
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.810653, -118.180351 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8107&lon=-118.1804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25570
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25570/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE MAKING PRACTICE LANDINGS, THE STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED DURING THE FINAL STAGES OF HIS SECOND APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED INADVERTENTLY ABOUT 15 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25331](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25331-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 15280599, built 1977 (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: 15280599
- Airframe hours: 3054
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Rolling Hills Aviation
- Registered owner: John T. Lin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1987, 91 hours before
- Departed: TOA, TORRANCE, CA
- Airport: LGB, Long Beach, runway 25R, 6,192 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 26 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LGE

## 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 19870419010189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870419010189A), Apr 19, 1987: Cessna 152, Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed when the student pilot made a nose first hard landing. Skidded to a stop on runway.

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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