# NTSB NYC85LA068: Cessna 152, N69142, Jeannette, PA, February 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 17, 1985, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Jeannette, PA
- Coordinates: 40.329498, -79.620277 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3295&lon=-79.6203&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): 35830
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35830/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA068

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - run on landing - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WHEN ON THE SECOND LANDING THE ACFT BOUNCED. THE ACFT DRIFTED LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AND LANDED WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR IN SOFT, WET SNOW. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO ROLL OVER THE SNOW FOR APRX 200 FT WHERE IT NOSED OVER AFTER CONTACTING AN AREA OF MUD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69142](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69142), registered now, S/N 15282510 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282510
- Airframe hours: 2013
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dennis Pearson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 29, 1984, 39 hours before
- Airport: 5G8, Boquet Airpark, runway 19, 2,600 × 35 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 26 total, 25 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 12 °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 19850217003669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850217003669A), Feb 17, 1985: Cessna 152, Jeannette, PA, Substantial damage. Hard landing (.4)the student plt was practicing takeoffs and landings when on the second landing the acft bounced. The acft drifted left of the centerline and…

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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