# NTSB NYC83LA146: Cessna 152, N6385M, Cross Keys, NJ, June 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 17, 1983, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Cross Keys, NJ
- Location: 39.7055° N, 75.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS KEYS (17N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7055&lon=-75.0330&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): 35205
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35205/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA146

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

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT REPORTED THAT SHE HAD MADE A GO-AROUND & TWO LANDINGS IN CALM WIND CONDITIONS. SHE REPORTED HER 3RD APPROACH WAS LOWER & SLOWER, UNDER 60 KTS. WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE THE FLAPS FULL DOWN, SHE ADDED THE LAST INCREMENT OF FLAPS (APRX 10 DEG) WITH THE POWER AT  IDLE RPM. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, BOUNCED, BALLOONED & BOUNCED AGAIN. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6385M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6385M-1990-02-13), registration cancelled 1990-02-13, S/N 15284702 (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: 152
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Albert C. Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, November 12, 1982, 77 hours before
- Departed: 17N, CROSS KEYS, NJ
- Airport: 17N, Cross Keys, runway 27, 2,750 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 46 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830617026149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830617026149A), Jun 17, 1983: Cessna 152, Williamstown, NJ, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing until the nose wheel fell off. Aircraft stopped on its nose.

## Other investigations on N6385M (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC88LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA033), Nov 7, 1987: Cessna 152 (N6385M), Groucester Twsp, NJ, destroyed

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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