# NTSB MIA88LA143: Cessna 152, N89224, San Juan, PR, March 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 31, 1988, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32160
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32160/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA143

## 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 - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT COMPLETED 5 TOUCH & GO'S WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR BEFORE DROPPING HER OFF FOR FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. ON THE FIRST TOUCH & GO LANDING , THE ACFT BOUNCED AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE STUDENT PLT ADDED POWER, LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT, AFTER WHICH IT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. THE ACFT THEN SLID TO A STOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89224](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89224-2019-08-06), registration cancelled 2019-08-06, S/N 15282680, 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: 15282680
- Airframe hours: 6353
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Caribe Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 27, 1987, 14 hours before
- Airport: SIG, Isla Grande, runway 9, 5,317 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SJU, 12 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 19880331045429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880331045429A), Mar 31, 1988: Cessna 152, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Student pilot on first solo bounced on landing. Aircraft came back down on nose wheel collapsing 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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