# NTSB MIA86LA010: Cessna 152, N4802B, West Palm Beach, FL, October 12, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 12, 1985, 12:39 local (16:39 UTC)
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 26.6602, -80.090461 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6602&lon=-80.0905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31537
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31537/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA010

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - flutter (contributing factor)
- Abrupt maneuver, landing - roll
  - remedial action - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT EXPERIENCED NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY DURING THE LANDING ROLL. HE THEN APPLIED BACK PRESSURE AND THE ACFT BALLOONED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE ACFT LANDED ON THE NOSE WHEEL DAMAGING THE PROP & NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4802B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4802B-1993-02-24), registration cancelled 1993-02-24, S/N 15283644 (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: 15283644
- Airframe hours: 1300
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Chandelle Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1985, 80 hours before
- Departed: PBI, WEST PALM BEACH, FL
- Airport: PBI, Palm Beach International, runway 13, 6,930 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 25 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 1 nm away

## 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 19851012067489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851012067489A), Oct 12, 1985: Cessna 152, West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Raised nose to stop nose wheel shimmy but got airborne. Hit hard on and collapsed nose gear.

## Other investigations on N4802B (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 MIA90LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA061), Jan 24, 1990: Cessna 152 (N4802B), Missing, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

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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