# NTSB NYC83LA191: Cessna 152, N5357P, Millinocket, ME, July 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1983, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Location: 45.6478° N, 68.6856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLINOCKET MUNI (MLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6478&lon=-68.6856&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): 35239
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35239/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA191

## 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)

## Analysis

AFTER A SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT, THE PLT MISJUDGED THE LANDING FLARE & LANDED ON THE NOSE WHEEL. THE ACFT BOUNCED AT LEAST TWICE. THE PROP, NOSEWHEEL & CRANKSHAFT WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5357P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5357P), registered now, S/N 15284927, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284927
- Airframe hours: 850
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Maine Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 14, 1983
- Departed: PWM, PORTLAND, ME
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MLT, Millinocket, runway 29, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 4 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830726038079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830726038079A), Jul 26, 1983: Cessna 152, Millinocket, ME, Substantial damage. Landed nosewheel first, bounced and porpoised. Damaged nose gear, prop and engine crankshaft.

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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