# NTSB NYC83LA026: Cessna C152, N24293, Ellington, CT, November 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 10, 1982, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70581
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70581/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA026

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR AND BOUNCED ABOUT 3 OR 4 FEET, LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE LEFT WING, PROP, NOSE GEAR AND COWLING WERE DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N24293 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280199
- Airframe hours: 1379
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Bemer Aviation
- Registered owner: Bemer Aviation
- Departed: 7B9, ELLINGTON, CT
- Destination: 7B9, ELLINGTON, CT
- Airport: 7B9, Ellington, runway 1, 1,900 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 9 total, 9 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles

## 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 19821110057899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821110057899A), Nov 10, 1982: Cessna 152, Ellington, CT, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Came down on nose wheel, folding it back under the engine and damaging left wing.

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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