# NTSB MKC88LA047: Cessna 152, N4717A, Ottawa, KS, January 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1988, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Ottawa, KS
- Coordinates: 38.59906, -95.259262 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5991&lon=-95.2593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34535
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34535/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA047

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. THE PILOT PERFORMED REMEDIAL ACTION, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT HAD ALREADY SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4717A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4717A-1998-07-28), registration cancelled 1998-07-28, S/N A1520879 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520879
- Airframe hours: 2688
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Phoenix Aviation
- Registered owner: Andrew Danziger
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 20, 1988, 4 hours before
- Departed: MKC, KANSAS CITY, MO
- Airport: OWI, Ottawa, runway 17, 3,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; student; airplane ratings: single-engine sea; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 76 total, 76 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19880128002069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880128002069A), Jan 28, 1988: Cessna 152, Ottawa, KS, Substantial damage. Student bounced and porpoised the aircraft on landing from a solo crosscountry flight.

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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