# Accident 20000212004642A: Cessna 152, Clearwater, FL, February 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9767° N, 82.7587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Clearwater Air Park (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9767&lon=-82.7587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757XF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757XF-2015-05-13) (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: 604 total, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000212004642A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESSES, THE CESSNA 152 HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 16, AND WAS ABOUT 1500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE CESSNA 140A LANDED ON TOP OF THE CESSNA 152, STRIKING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE CESSNA 140A CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE. THERE WERE WRINKLES IN THE EMPENNAGE AND FIREWALL OF THE CESSNA 140A. (-23) THE PILOT(CFI) OF CESSNA 152, N757XF, WITH A STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD, LANDED AT CLEARWATER AIRPARK (CLW) ON RUNWAY 16, ABOUT 1500 FEET DOWN RUNWAY, WHEN A CESSNA 140-A, N5339C, LANDED ON TOP OF HIS A/C STRIKING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5339C, Cessna 140A: [Accident 20000212004641A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000212004641A)

## 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 ATL00LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA025), Feb 12, 2000: Cessna 152 (N757XF), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain visual lookout during flight operations under Visual Flight Rules. A factor is that the pilot was not on the airport radio frequency.

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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