# NTSB NYC87LA107: Cessna 152, N94902, Robbinsville, NJ, March 6, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 6, 1987, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Robbinsville, NJ
- Location: 40.2139° N, 74.6018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRENTON-ROBBINSVILLE (N87), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2139&lon=-74.6018&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30618
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30618/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA107

## 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 (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

WHEN THE STUDENT PLT WAS LNDG AFTER A LCL FLT, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE WHEEL 1ST, THEN BALLOONED & LNDD HARD. DRG THE OCCURRENCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT SLID ALONG THE RWY FOR ABOUT 100 YDS BFR COMING TO REST. AFTER THE ACDNT, THE STUDENT SAID HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO FAST ON FINAL APCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94902](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94902-2007-04-02), registration cancelled 2007-04-02, S/N 15285808, built 1983 (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: 15285808
- Airframe hours: 2131
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aeroventure, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: N87
- Destination: N87
- Airport: N87, Trenton-Robbinsville, runway 29, 4,290 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft unknown
- Temperature: 50 °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 19870306079489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870306079489A), Mar 6, 1987: Cessna 152, Robbinsville, NJ, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed when the solo crosscountry student PIL0T made a nose first hard 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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