# NTSB MKC84LA079: Cessna 152, N25756, Independence, MO, February 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 20, 1984, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Independence, MO
- Coordinates: 39.069412, -94.450836 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0694&lon=-94.4508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33634
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33634/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA079

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280768
- Airframe hours: 2604
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 23; 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

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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