# NTSB SEA86LA175: Cessna 152, N68723, Seattle, WA, July 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 18, 1986, 17:10 local (Jul 19, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Coordinates: 47.540714, -122.309539 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5407&lon=-122.3095&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): 40448
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40448/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA175

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not identified, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing

## Analysis

STUDENT PILOT, WITH ABOUT 2 HOURS SOLO TIME, WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO'S. DURING THE LAST LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE SEVERAL BOUNCING CONTACTS WITH THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N68723 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285334
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-N2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Elmer H. Green
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport: BFI, Boeing Field, runway 31R, 3,710 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFI, 1 nm away

## 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 19860718075589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860718075589A), Jul 18, 1986: Cessna 152, Seattle, WA, Substantial damage. The solo student bounced the aircraft during touch and go landing practice and collapsed the nose gear.

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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