- Date
- February 20, 1984, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Independence, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25756Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33634
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft made a steep approach with full flaps, hit hard, bounced and came down on the nose wheel. The nose wheel collapsed and the acft flipped over. The plt stated that he did not start the landing flare soon enough.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25756
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280768
- Airframe hours
- 2,604
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phil Lepage Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 6, 1983 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- K84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
- Airport
- 31P · Memorial, runway 18, 2,570 × 50 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 56 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 235° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F