# NTSB NYC85LA255: Cessna 152, N6135P, Dansville, NY, September 29, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 29, 1985, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place: Dansville, NY
- Coordinates: 42.560943, -77.69075 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5609&lon=-77.6907&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): 30157
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA255
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30157/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA255

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire, landing - roll

## Analysis

CESSNA 152,N6135P,ON FLIGHT PLAN BATAVIA, NEW YORK, LANDED HARD AT DANSVILLE COUNTY AIRPORT AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6135P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6135P-1991-08-15), registration cancelled 1991-08-15, S/N 15284982 (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: 15284982
- Airframe hours: 1628
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Genesee Co. Airport
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1985, 6 hours before
- Departed: 3G8, GENESEE, NY
- Destination: DSV, DANSVILLE, NY
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: DSV, Dandsville, runway 14, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 55 total, 55 in this make and model, 24 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 50 °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 19850929048259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850929048259A), Sep 29, 1985: Cessna 152, Dansville, NY, Destroyed. Flared too high and bounced. On next landing nose gear hit first and collapsed. Fire started after aircraft stopped

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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