# NTSB LAX87LA342: Cessna 152, N5107B, Monterey, CA, September 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1987, 17:20 local (Sep 16, 1987, 00:20 UTC)
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Coordinates: 36.600532, -121.880882 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6005&lon=-121.8809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25693
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA342
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25693/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA342

## 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)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING AT THE DESTINATION, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, THEN AFTER IT TOUCHED DOWN THE SECOND TIME, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED. DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ON ITS NOSE COWLING. NO PREVIOUS AIRFRAME PROBLEM WAS EVIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5107B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5107B), registered now, S/N 15283748, built 1979 (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: 152-83748
- Airframe hours: 2925
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Delmonte Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 13, 1987, 38 hours before
- Departed: MRY, MONTEREY, CA
- Airport: MRY, Monterey Peninsula, runway 28, 6,597 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 119 total, 119 in this make and model, 39 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRY

## 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 19870915082749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870915082749A), Sep 15, 1987: Cessna 152, Monterey, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impacts broke off the nose gear.

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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