# NTSB NYC85LA142: Cessna 152, N48251, Hartford, CT, June 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1985, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&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): 35887
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35887/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA142

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING. THE STUDENT PLT STATED THE ACFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES ON TOUCHDOWN. THE PROPELLER THEN CONTACTED THE RWY AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N48251](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48251-2013-04-18), registration cancelled 2013-04-18, S/N 15283311, 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: 15283311
- Airframe hours: 3395
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Cross Country Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, April 19, 1985, 71 hours before
- Departed: HFD, HARTFORD, CT
- Airport: HFD, Brainard, runway 20R, 4,418 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 64 °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 19850630031909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850630031909A), Jun 30, 1985: Cessna 152, Hartford, CT, Substantial damage. Porpoised on landing until propeller struck runway. Nose tire blew. Aircraft departed runway and flipped over.

## Other investigations on N48251 (1)

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 NYC08CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA080), Jan 11, 2008: Cessna C-152 (N48251), Labelle, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to takeoff from an inadequate field after a forced landing.

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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