# NTSB LAX95LA026: Cessna 152, N64851, La Verne, CA, October 27, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 27, 1994, 09:57 local (16:57 UTC) - Place: La Verne, CA - Coordinates: 34.15084, -117.759399 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1508&lon=-117.7594&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 26, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 28976 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX95LA026 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/28976/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA026 ## Probable cause the student pilot's poor recovery from a bounced landing and improper use of the elevator control. The lack of total experience is a factor in this accident. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor) - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause) - Nose gear collapsed, landing - aborted - landing gear,nose gear - overload ## Analysis THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING SOLO TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED ON THE LAST LANDING AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE. THE STUDENT APPLIED POWER TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND, BUT PUSHED THE ELEVATOR CONTROL FORWARD. THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND IN AN NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE. ## Factual narrative On October 27, 1994, at 0957 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 152, N64851, sustained a hard landing on runway 26L at Brackett Airport, La Verne, California. The student pilot was practicing solo touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. The airplane, operated by Cable Air, Upland, California, sustained substantial damage. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Cable Airport, Upland, California, at 0930 hours. The student's instructor reported in the aircraft accident report that the airplane ballooned on the initial touchdown and became airborne. The instructor said that during the recovery the student failed to hold the airplane's nose up and the airplane began to porpoise. The student applied power to execute a go-around, but accidently pushed the control wheel forward, which caused the nose to pitch down. The nose wheel collapsed when it struck the runway in a nose-down attitude. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N64851](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64851-2013-11-08), registration cancelled 2013-11-08, S/N 15281454, built 1978 (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: 15281454 - Airframe hours: 9050 - Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Cable Air - Registered owner: Walter Cable - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 29, 1994, 41 hours before - Departed: CCB, UPLAND, CA - Destination: POC - Airport: POC, Brackett Airport, runway 26L, 3,661 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 61 total, 61 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 5 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg ## 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 19941027045939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941027045939A), Oct 27, 1994: Cessna 152, La Verne, CA, Substantial damage. Ballooned landing. Porpoised. Applied power to go around. Accidently pushed yoke forward. Impact collapsed nose gear ## Other investigations on N64851 (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 LAX86LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA101), Dec 9, 1985: Cessna 152 (N64851), Upland, CA, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.