# NTSB NYC84LA150: Cessna 152, N5171B, Laconia, NH, April 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1984, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Laconia, NH
- Location: 43.5730° N, 71.4178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LACONIA MUNI (LCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5730&lon=-71.4178&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): 35543
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35543/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA150

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT BALLOONED DURING LANDING AND CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR WHICH COLLAPSED. THE PLT SAID A GUST OF WIND HAD MADE THE ACFT ASCEND ABOUT 20-50 FT AFTER WHICH IT FELL TO THE RWY. HE REPORTED THE PREVAILING WIND WAS VARIABLE FROM 270 TO 290 DEG A 12 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5171B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5171B-2024-08-29), registration cancelled 2024-08-29, S/N 15283787, built 1979 (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: 15283787
- Airframe hours: 1260
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David S. Piper
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: LCI, Laconia, runway 17, 2,050 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 47 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19840428014709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840428014709A), Apr 28, 1984: Cessna 152, Laconia, NH, Substantial damage. Bounced into the air on a hard landing then allowed aircraft to come down on its nose wheel and collapse same.

## Other investigations on N5171B (2)

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 WPR23LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA029), Nov 13, 2022: Cessna 152 (N5171B), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilots unstabilized approach and improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing.
- [NTSB NYC87LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA062), Jan 21, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Orange, MA, substantial damage

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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