# Accident 19980208002529A: Cessna 152, Orlando, FL, February 8, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1998, 15:23 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5499° N, 81.2991° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5499&lon=-81.2991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89051, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89051-2017-11-27) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 609 total, 338 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980208002529A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED BEHIND TWIN DOING ENGINE RUNUP. WAS BLOWN OVER INVCERTED. TAXIED SANS TOWER CLEARANCE. (-23) ON FEBRUARY 8, 1998, ABOUT 1523 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, N89051, REGISTERED TO AIR ORLANDO INC. OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, WAS FLIPPED OVER WHILE TAXIING BEHIND A PIPER CHEYENNE CONDUCTING AN ENGINE RUN-UP OF ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, ORLANDO F.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAND WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA98LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA074), Feb 8, 1998: Cessna 152 (N89051), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The CFI's improper planning and decision to taxi behind a multi-engine airplane conducting an engine run-up.

## Other reports on N89051 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840201009939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840201009939I), Feb 1, 1984: Cessna 152 (N89051), Mentone, IN, Minor damage. Left wheel hit a windrow of plowed snow on landing. Ground looped into a snowbank. Runway freshly plowed.

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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