# Accident 19981112031699A: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, November 12, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1998, 12:50 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.6108° N, 80.3391° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6108&lon=-80.3391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48013, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48013-2002-01-30) (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: 177 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981112031699A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ADVISED THE ACFT HAD A PROBLEM AND SUBSEQUENTLY MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. (.4) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT HEARD A SOUND THEN FELT A VIBRATION. SHE ADVISED ATC OF THIS WHILE TURNING TO RETURN, BUT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. SHE THEN MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE FOR A FORCED LANDING TO A SCHOOL FIELD, AND LANDED DOWNWIND FARTHER THAN ANTICIPATED. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, AND WHILE AIRBORNE, COLLIDED WITH A FENCE, THEN COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER FENCE AND CAME TO REST WITH THE FUSELAGE NEARLY VERTICAL. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OF ENGINE OIL. THE CYLINDER WALLS OF NOS. 1 AND 3 CYLINDERS WERE NOTED TO BE DRY WHEN THE ENGINE EXAMINED 6 DAYS LATER, AND THE NO. 3 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD WAS BROKEN. NO EVIDENCE OF LACK OF LUBRICATION WAS NOTED ON THE CRANKSHAFT JOURNALS. THE NO. 3 MAIN BEARING WAS NOTED TO BE EXTRUDED WHEN EXAMINED. EXAMINATION OF THE RECOVERED CONNECTING ROD COMPONENTS BY THE NTSB METALLURGICAL LABORATORY REVEALED OVERSTRESS FAILURE TO THE COMPONENTS THAT DID NOT EXHIBIT MECHANICAL DAMAGE TO FRACTURE SURFACES. THE THICKNESS OF A RECOVERED BEARING SHELL FRAGMENT WAS MEASURED TO BE .019 TO .022 INCH; THE SPECIFIED THICKNESS OF THE   CONNECTING ROD BEARING STEEL BACK IS .056 TO .066 INCH. (-23) APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF TAMIAMI AIRPORT, WHILE ATTEMPTING A CLIMB TO 1500' MSL, PILOT EXPERIENCED VIBRATION, ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT. REALIZED SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE TAMIAMI AIRPORT AND DECIDED TO LAND IN AN OPEN AREA OF A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. ATTEMPTED A DOWNWIND LANDING, OVERSHOOTING FIELD, RUNNING THRU CHAINLENGTH, STRIKING FIREPLUG, AND ENDING ON NOSE. (VERTICALLY)

## 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 MIA99LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA032), Nov 12, 1998: Cessna 152 (N48013), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a connecting rod failure for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing.

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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