# NTSB NYC85LA203: Cessna 152, N757PX, Allentown, PA, August 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1985, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Coordinates: 40.679756, -75.220642 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6798&lon=-75.2206&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): 35939
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35939/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA203

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED WHILE LANDING AT ALLENTOWN, PA. THE PLT STATED THAT UPON MAKING THE LANDING, THE CONTROLS FELT LIKE THE ACFT'S NOSE WHEEL HAD GONE FLAT. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE NOSE UP, THE ACFT BALLOONED AND CAME DOWN TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY IN GRASS AND STOPPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757PX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757PX-1989-10-24), registration cancelled 1989-10-24, S/N 15279906 (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: 15279906
- Airframe hours: 2031
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gibson Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 1985
- Departed: GAI, GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Destination: ABE, ALLENTOWN, PA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ABE, Allentown Bethlehem

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 96 total, 96 in this make and model, 30 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 12 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 19850806039059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850806039059A), Aug 6, 1985: Cessna 152, Allentown, PA, Substantial damage. Landed hard and bounced on touchdown. Student landed after bounce in grass with flat nose tire.

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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