# NTSB NYC84LA088: Cessna 152, N757NS, Clarksville, MD, February 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 20, 1984, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Clarksville, MD
- Coordinates: 39.200763, -76.94091 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2008&lon=-76.9409&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): 35502
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35502/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA088

## 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)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE ACFT BALLOONED DURING THE LANDING FLARE. IN AN EFFORT TO RECOVER THE PLT ADDED POWER AND PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN. THE FRONT STRUT HIT THE GROUND AND BROKE, THEN THE ACFT BOUNCED AND DURING THE SECOND LANDING THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N757NS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279878
- Airframe hours: 2652
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas Collins
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 10, 1984, 30 hours before
- Departed: CLARKSVILLE, MD
- Airport: Hayes Field, runway 31

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 15 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- 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 19840220004589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840220004589A), Feb 20, 1984: Cessna 152, Clarksville, MD, Substantial damage. Bounced and ballooned on landing. Student put nose down. Impact severed the nose gear. Solo endorsement deleted.

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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