# Accident 19870225035129A: Cessna 152, Tallahassee, FL, February 25, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1987, 13:50 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3968° N, 84.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLAHASSEE INTL (TLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3968&lon=-84.3509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89126, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89126-2006-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA87LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870225035129A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. STUDENT WAS CONFUSED BY OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN.

## 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 MIA87LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA093), Feb 25, 1987: Cessna 152 (N89126), Tallahassee, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N89126 (2)

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

- [Incident 19970129002819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970129002819I), Jan 29, 1997: Cessna 152 (N89126), Sumter, SC, Minor damage. Oil temp climbed on climb to cruise pressure loss. Engine quit. Landed in a field. Threw rod. 300 hours over tbo.
- [Accident 19871227075219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871227075219A), Dec 27, 1987: Cessna 152 (N89126), Tallahassee, FL, Substantial damage. Unable to land VFR at destination. Vectored for asr approaches until fuel exhaustion. Made a crash landing in fog.

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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