# Accident 19790627022409A: Cessna 152, Opa Locka, FL, June 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1979, 11:55 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: West
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757ML, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757ML-1982-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 62 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKT78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKT78) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790627022409A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT ATTEMPTING PRACTICE EMERGENCY LANDING ON AIRPORT, LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY AND FLIPPED INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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 MIA79DKT78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKT78), Jun 27, 1979: Cessna 152 (N757ML), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N757ML (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780505032109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780505032109I), May 5, 1978: Cessna 152 (N757ML), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. Hard landing damaged nose wheel and propeller. Student froze at the controls.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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