# NTSB NYC85LA232: Cessna 152A, N4976A, Post Mills, VT, September 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1985, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Post Mills, VT
- Location: 43.8837° N, 72.2521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POST MILLS (2B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8837&lon=-72.2521&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35961
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35961/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA232

## 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)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

AFTER REVIEWING AIR MANEUVERS, A NORMAL APCH WAS MADE TO LAND ON RWY 22. THE ACFT LANDED ON ALL 3 WHEELS & BOUNCED INTO THE AIR, THEN IT WENT TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY. WHILE THE PLT WAS TURNING RIGHT TO AVOID TREES & TO RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCED LANDING, THE RIGHT WING & NOSE WHEEL COLLIDED WITH THE RWY. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED & THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. THE ACFT CAME TO REST IN A NEAR LEVEL ATTITUDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4976A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520923
- Airframe hours: 860
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Post Mills Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 6, 1985, 31 hours before
- Airport: 2B9, Post Mills, runway 22, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 3,443 total, 35 in this make and model, 3,119 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 19850904047149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850904047149A), Sep 4, 1985: Cessna A152, Post Mills, VT, Substantial damage. The aircraft bounced on landing, collapsing the nose gear. Instructor failed to maintain aircraft control.

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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