# NTSB NYC84LA144: Cessna 152, N89880, Pittsburgh, PA, April 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1984, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Coordinates: 40.359474, -79.900619 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3595&lon=-79.9006&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): 35538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA144

## 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)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT BALLOONED DURING THE FLARE FOR LANDING & ENDED UP IN A NOSE DOWN CONDITION. THE PLT SAID HE DECIDED TO STALL THE ACFT ONLY A FEW FT OFF THE GROUND AS HE ESTIMATED 2/3 OF THE RWY REMAINED & A GO-AROUND WAS NOT NECESSARY. THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP ON ITS NOSE WITH THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89880](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89880-2007-05-29), registration cancelled 2007-05-29, S/N 15282902, built 1978 (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
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Metro Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: G08, MONONGAHELA, PA
- Destination: AGC, PITTSBURG, PA
- Airport: AGL, Allegheny Co., runway 31, 3,826 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 27 °F

## 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 19840421075219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840421075219A), Apr 21, 1984: Cessna 152, West Mifflin, PA, Substantial damage. Ballooned on landing, held it off, hard landing. Nose wheel collapsed.

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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