# NTSB NYC83LA215: Cessna 152, N5333B, Medina, NY, August 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 16, 1983, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Medina, NY
- Coordinates: 43.209213, -78.379997 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2092&lon=-78.3800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35253
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35253/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA215

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not selected, 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
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR BEFORE NOSING OVER. THE PILOT WAS MAKING A PRACTICE LANDING ON A GRASS AIRSTRIP. THE APPROACH WAS TOO HIGH SO THE PILOT MADE A STEEP DESCENT. THE AIRSPEED INCREASED BUT THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND. THE LANDING WAS HARD AND THE ACFT BOUNCED. WHEN IT CAME BACK DOWN NOSE WHEEL FIRST THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE ACFT SKIDDED ALONG AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5333B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283830
- Airframe hours: 816
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Barre Avionics
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 9, 1983
- Departed: 9G6, ALBION, NY
- Airport: 66NY, Maple Ridge, runway 36, 2,800 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 132 total, 119 in this make and model, 62 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 305° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °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 19830816045279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830816045279A), Aug 16, 1983: Cessna 152, Medina, NY, Substantial damage. Failed to arrest sink rate on landing, bounced, came down on nose wheel and flipped over.

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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