# Accident 19980102000079A: Cessna 152, Everglades, FL, January 2, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1998, 13:54 local time
- Place: Everglades, FL
- Airport: Everglades Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8302° N, 81.3998° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8302&lon=-81.3998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757VT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757VT-2014-12-22) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 60 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980102000079A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL LANDING IN GUSTY CROSSWIND. HIT NOSE FIRST. TORE OFF NOSE GEAR WIND EXCEEDED CROSSWIND COMPONENT. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AS A RESULT OF THE NOSE GEAR BEING RIPPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FUSELAGE WAS BENT AFT OF THE MAIN GEAR AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A AIRWORTHINESS PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT OR THE AIRPORT THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RUNWAY SURFACE INDICATED A HARD OR SEVERE NOSE DOWN LANDING HAD OCCURRED.  THE TOTAL HOURS OF THE PILOT WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, HE WAS ISSUED A CERTIFICATE BASED ON A FOREIGN PILOT'S CERTIFICATE AND WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW, HE HAD LEFT THE UNITED STATES.  THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS ARE BEING REVIEWED BY THE CHDO/PMI FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

## 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 MIA98LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA050), Jan 2, 1998: Cessna 152 (N757VT), Everglades City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to properly flare the airplane, which resulted in a hard landing and overload failure of the nose gear. The unfavorable wind…

## Other reports on N757VT (2)

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

- [Incident 19900731042839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900731042839I), Jul 31, 1990: Cessna 152 (N757VT), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Aircraft bounced and porpoised until nosewheel tire failed.
- [Accident 19790703013509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790703013509A), Jul 3, 1979: Cessna 152 (N757VT), West Mifflin, PA, Substantial damage. Student made hard landing. Bent engine mount and prop.

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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