# NTSB LAX91LA210: Cessna 152, N6258B, Banning, CA, May 12, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1991, 09:21 local (16:21 UTC)
- Place: Banning, CA
- Coordinates: 33.95074, -116.830574 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9507&lon=-116.8306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 27204
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX91LA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/27204/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA210

## Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO UTILIZE THE PROPER TECHNIQUE TO RECOVER THE AIRPLANE FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - airspeed(vref) - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway
  - landing gear,nose gear - sheared
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE NON-CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT WAS ON AN AUTHORIZED CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT AND WAS BEGINNING HIS VFR APPROACH. AS THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO THE FINAL APPROACH PHASE, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT HIS ALTITUDE WAS HIGH. THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE AND INCREASED HIS AIRSPEED. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE, THE PILOT LOCKED THE BRAKES. THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE RUNWAY, SHEARING OFF THE NOSE GEAR, AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6258B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6258B-1993-03-17), registration cancelled 1993-03-17, S/N 15283914 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283194
- Airframe hours: 2846
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Hemet-Ryan Aviation
- Registered owner: Venable Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 17, 1991, 41 hours before
- Departed: HMT, HEMET, CA
- Airport: BNG, Banning, runway 8, 5,200 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 43 total, 19 in this make and model, 12 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 19910512015349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910512015349A), May 12, 1991: Cessna 152, Banning, CA, Substantial damage. Failed to flare on landing. Impacted runway,bounced and porpoised. Locked brakes and nosed over.

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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