# Accident 19960715017789A: Cessna 152, Daytona Beach, FL, July 15, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1996, 21:30 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9695° N, 80.8710° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9695&lon=-80.8710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65514, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65514-1997-04-09) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 162 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960715017789A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES AND GROUND. NIGHT FLIGHT. RUSTY GAUGES. PILOT IN POOR CONDITION, MEDICALLY.

## 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 MIA96FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA186), Jul 15, 1996: Cessna 152 (N65514), New Smyrna Bch, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance because of gastroenteritis and use of the prescription drug Phenergan (promethazine).

## Other reports on N65514 (2)

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

- [Incident 19950326013569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950326013569I), Mar 26, 1995: Cessna 152 (N65514), Eustis, FL, Minor damage. Collision with a large bird broke windshield. Landed in open field. Reported three months later.
- [Incident 19790127003799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790127003799I), Jan 27, 1979: Cessna 152 (N65514), La Belle, FL, Minor damage. Pilot struck tree limb during precautionary landing on country road. Trapped in deteriorating weather.

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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