# NTSB NYC86LA029: Cessna 152, N24509, Bloomsburg, PA, November 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 2, 1985, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Bloomsburg, PA
- Coordinates: 41.000782, -76.450881 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0008&lon=-76.4509&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): 30261
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30261/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA029

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED WITH A 15 KTS TAILWIND AND OVER A 30 FT OBSTACLE. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN 1/2 WAY DOWN THE 2000 FT LONG RWY. DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED THE ACFT WENT INTO THE OVERRUN AND BECAME AIRBORNE FOR A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE TOUCHING DOWNIN A NOSE LOW ALTITUDE RESULTING IN A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND NOSE OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24509](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24509-1991-12-09), registration cancelled 1991-12-09, S/N 15280297 (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: 15280297
- Airframe hours: 3548
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rovac Pump & Supple Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1985, 50 hours before
- Departed: N13, BLOOMSBURG, PA
- Airport: PA44, Stone Castle

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 128 total, 3 in this make and model, 71 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 15 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F

## Other investigations on N24509 (2)

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 BFO91LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA083), Sep 14, 1991: Cessna 152U (N24509), Burnt Chimney, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT. THE UPHILL RUNWAY AND OBSTRUCTIONS (TREES) NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY WERE RELATED FACTORS.
- [NTSB FTW82DPM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DPM04), Oct 8, 1981: Cessna 152 (N24509), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage

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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