# NTSB NYC88LA086: Cessna 152, N6341H, Concord, NH, February 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 18, 1988, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Concord, NH
- Location: 43.2027° N, 71.5023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CONCORD MUNI (CON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2027&lon=-71.5023&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36100
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36100/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA086

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor)
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT CONCORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, BOUNCED AND AT THIS TIME THE PILOT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO ABORT THE LANDING AND GO AROUND. HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND STRUCK VASI LIGHT INDICATOR AND AN ILS ANTENNA, COMING TO REST IN A SNOW COVERED AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6341H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6341H-2017-09-18), registration cancelled 2017-09-18, S/N 15284156, built 1979 (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: 15284156
- Airframe hours: 3173
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jack & Jug Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: MHT, MANCHESTER, NH
- Airport: CON, Concord, runway 35, 6,004 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 27 total, 9 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 18 °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 19880218002749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880218002749A), Feb 18, 1988: Cessna 152, Concord, NH, Substantial damage. Student made hard landing. Tried to go around lost control left the runway striking VASI light and ILS antenna.

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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