# Accident 19890920035909A: Cessna 152, Ochopee, FL, September 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1989, 22:00 local time
- Place: Ochopee, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9015° N, 81.3034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ochopee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9015&lon=-81.3034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47009, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47009-1990-07-20) (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: 104 total, 104 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890920035909A

## Narrative

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

APPEARS NEW PILOT LOST CONTROL AT NIGHT OVER EVERGLADES ON HIS FIRST FLIGHT AS PILOT.

## 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 MIA89FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA252), Sep 21, 1989: Cessna 152 (N47009), Ochopee, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE OVER THE TERRAIN. RELATED FACTORS WERE: DARK NIGHT, SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE PILOT, AND HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF OPERATION (NIGHT…

## Other reports on N47009 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790908023959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908023959A), Sep 8, 1979: Cessna 152 (N47009), Lutz, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot bounced badly on touch and go. Attempted go around. Ran off side of runway.

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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