# Accident 20150113000699A: Cessna 152, New Smyrna Beac, FL, January 13, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2015, 20:58 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0397° N, 80.8953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0397&lon=-80.8953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757ZM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757ZM-2018-01-08) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 30 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150113000699A

## Narrative

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

NO RECORD WAS FOUND THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING.

THE WEATHER REPORTED AROUND THE TIME OF DEPARTURE AND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT SHOWED THE AREA TO BE UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES AND A CEILING OF 500'

THE AIRCRAFT TRANSPONDER WAS SET AT 1200.

THE PILOT FUELED AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOURS AND DEPARTED MASSEY RANCH (X50) AIRPORT.

DURING THE COURSE OF THE FLIGHT THE PILOT TRANSMITTED NUMEROUS TIMES HELLO, HELLO, I DON?T WHERE I AM. I WANT TO LAND. I CAN?T SEE AIRPORT, I WANT TO LAND. I WANT TO LAND.

DAYTONA APPROACH WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT OVER MASSEY RANCH CALLING HELLO, HELLO ON RADIO.

CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH DAYTONA BEACH APPROACH ON GUARD FREQUENCY 121.50.

THE  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ATTEMPTED TO GUIDE THE AIRCRAFT TO NEW SMYRNA AIRPORT. THE PILOT INDICATED SHE WAS AT 600 FEET AND IN CLOUDS, CONTROLLER STATED CALM DOWN, MAKE A LEFT TURN, AND I NEED YOU TO CLIMB. YOU ARE DESCENDING, I NEED YOU TO KEEP CLIMBING, NO FURTHER INTELLIGIBLE  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE PILOT WAS RECEIVED.

DAYTONA BEACH AIR TRAFFIC IMMEDIATELY  NOTIFIED THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES  OF THE LAST KNOWN POSITION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF .4MILES NORTH OF THE FLAGLER STREET BEACH ENTRANCE AND WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE SURF.

## 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 ERA15FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA099), Jan 14, 2015: Cessna 152 (N757ZM), New Smyrna Beach, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while operating under visual flight rules (VFR) in night, instrument meteorological conditions, likely due to spatial disorientation.…

## Other reports on N757ZM (1)

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

- [Accident 19800526017169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526017169A), May 26, 1980: Cessna 152 (N757ZM), Bunnell, FL, Substantial damage. Purpoised on landing several times. Collapsed nose gear. Nosed up on runway.

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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