# Accident 19871119066629A: Cessna 152, Okeelanta, FL, November 19, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1987, 17:00 local time
- Place: Okeelanta, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6605° N, 80.7103° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6605&lon=-80.7103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89741, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89741-1991-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 60 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871119066629A

## Narrative

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

APPEARS PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN HEAVY RAIN SQUALL AND CRASHED IN A WILDLIFE AREA. TRYING TO LOCATE DEER.

## 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 MIA88FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA042), Nov 19, 1987: Cessna 152 (N89741), Okeelanta, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N89741 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800216090599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800216090599I), Feb 16, 1980: Cessna 152 (N89741), Kalkaska, MI, Minor damage. Zn zw pilot landed on snow covered strip. Nose wheel dug into snow, damaged nose strut, prop, cowling, wing tip.

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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