Cessna 152 N757MJ

Summary

On 22 March 1999 at about 23:25 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N757MJ was involved in an accident near Bloomington, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 March 1999 at 23:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Central Illinois Regional (BMI)

Coordinates

40.4692, -88.9401

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N757MJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99LA116

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's misjudged flare and inadvertent stall during landing. A factor was the pilot's inadequate remedial action.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

In his written statement, the student pilot stated that he was practicing his soft field landing technique using runway 29 (6500 feet by 150 feet dry/concrete). He said that during the approach to landing, he flared the airplane too high, and he then increased power to recover, but the airplane banked to the left. The pilot stated that he landed hard on the left tire and that he applied full power to initiate an aborted landing. He said that during this time, the flaps were in the 30 degree down position. The pilot stated that the airplane then stalled, and the left wing struck the ground, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over. The airplane came to rest in an inverted attitude. Postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed no preexisting mechanical anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.