# NTSB MIA88LA209: Cessna 152, N46068, Titusville, FL, June 30, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1988, 15:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Coordinates: 28.579542, -80.820205 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5795&lon=-80.8202&mi=10
- 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): 32201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32201/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA209

## 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)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT ON APPROACH FOR LANDING THE ACFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE. THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED. THE PILOT SAID SHE HAD PUSHED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT DOWN TO PREVENT IT FROM STALLING AND DID NOT APPLY POWER. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT CAME TO STOP 1000 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46068](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46068-1991-03-15), registration cancelled 1991-03-15, S/N 15282993 (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: 15282993
- Airframe hours: 4021
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Gateway Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Gateway Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, April 25, 1988, 62 hours before
- Airport: TIX, Space Center Executive, runway 27, 5,001 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TIX

## 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 19880630044869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880630044869A), Jun 30, 1988: Cessna 152, Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced and ballooned then came down hard and collapsed the nose gear. Student failed to use a power recovery.

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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