# Accident 20180503004559A: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, May 3, 2018 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 3, 2018, 22:45 local time - Place: Miami, FL - Airport: 85th Avenue Airstrip - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Descent - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 25.7950° N, 80.5697° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7950&lon=-80.5697&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6198Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6198Q-2020-02-28) (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: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 195 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA135) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180503004559A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PIC PILOT STATEMENT TAKEN AT KENDAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) FROM LAKELAND (LAL) TO MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB) FOR THE FLIGHT THAT LED UP TO THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED HE FELT FINE AND IN GOOD CONDITION TO MAKE THE FLIGHT. HE ALSO STATED HE WAS THE SAFETY PILOT FROM TMB TO LAL EARLIER THAT DAY. HE STATED THAT THEY LEFT BETWEEN 4:30PM TO 5:30PM AND THAT THEY PLANNED ON PRACTICING APPROACHES AT TMB BUT DUE TO THE WEATHER THEY DECIDED TO GO TO LAKELAND (LAL). THE FLIGHT TO LAL WAS SMOOTH AND NO ISSUES WITH THE FLIGHT OR THE AIRCRAFT. AT LAL THEY HAD SOME SNACKS AND WATER AND WATCHED TV WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FUELED. HE STATED THAT HE USED THE WEATHER SERVICE ?AERO WEATHER? AS A CHECK BEFORE THEIR FLIGHT. HE WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT FLYING DIRECT VIA GPS FLYING A VFR FLIGHT TO TMB. AROUND 30 TO 40KM FROM TMB APPROACH THE CENTER ADVISED TO DESCEND TO 2000FT. OR BELOW TO AVOID CLASS B AIRSPACE WITH A HEADING OF 180°. AS THEY DESCENDED TO 1700FT. THE WEATHER DETERIORATED AND THEY HAD TROUBLE MAINTAINING VECTOR AND ALTITUDE. THE AIRSPEED WAS AROUND 80KIAS. THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY WENT INTO A FAST SPIN TO THE LEFT HE PULLED POWER AND REAPPLIED POWER AND APPLIED RUDDER TO RECOVER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE DID RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT. THIS WAS PROCEEDED BY ANOTHER SPIN FOLLOWED BY A NOSE DIVE, HE TRIED TO POWER OUT OF THE DIVE. ABOUT 7 TO 8 SECONDS LATER THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO ANOTHER NOSE DIVE THAT BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO STALL WARNING HEARD. HE STATED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION COULD HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HIS LAST FLIGHT WAS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THIS DAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO FLY AT NIGHT PER THE SCHOOLS RULES, HE BELIEVED HE ONLY NEEDED A SAFETY PILOT WITH HIM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HOWEVER, HE THOUGHT HE COULD MAKE IT BACK BEFORE DARK. SAFETY PILOT STATEMENT TAKEN AT KENDAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: ? ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THEY LEFT TMB FOR LAL AROUND 4:00PM HE CHECKED THE WEATHER ON THE FAA.GOV WEBSITE AND WEATHER WAS OK. AT LAL THEY HAD SOME WATER AND COOKIES WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FUELED. HE STATED HE CHECKED THE WEATHER BEFORE THEY RETURNED ON THE FAA.GOV WEBSITE AND THAT THE WEATHER WAS OK. THEY DEPARTED LAL SECOND OUT OF THREE AIRCRAFT RETURNING TO TMB. THEY DEPARTED TMB AROUND 7:30PM AND THAT HE WAS ON THE RADIO. THEIR FLIGHT WAS AT 5500 DURING THEIR FLIGHT. ABOUT 30KM FROM TMB THEY WERE ADVISED BY APPROACH TO REDUCE ALTITUDE TO 2000FT. OR BELOW. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THEY LEVELED OFF AT 2000FT THEY COULD NOT SEE ANY VISUAL LIGHTS OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A FAST SPIN AND THEN A NOSE DIVE INTO THE GROUND. HE STATED HE HAD NO TIME TO RADIO IN AN EMERGENCY. AFTER THE REVIEW OF THE SITE, THE WEATHER INFORMATION AND THE STATEMENTS RECEIVED. THE PILOTS WERE AT A DISADVANTAGE DUE TO THE TRAINING, WEATHER INFORMATION/CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THESE PILOTS HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED THEIR PRIVATE PILOT RATING WITH ONLY A VFR RATING AND LIMITED NIGHT FLYING TIME. THERE WERE TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WERE FLYING THE SAME ROUTE AS THE N6198Q. N24752 HAD AN IFR RATED PILOT AND N226JA HAD AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT PRESENT. THE OTHER TWO AIRCRAFT STATED THEY ENCOUNTERED INCLEMENT WEATHER AND LOW VISIBILITY AS WELL. THEY DID ARRIVE AT TMB SAFETY AND THAT THERE WERE CONCERNED FOR THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AS THEY WERE NOT RESPONDING TO THE CALLS FROM THE CENTER. THE MIAMI CENTER CALLED FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE DUE TO NO RESPONSE FROM N6198Q THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND BOTH PILOTS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. ## 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 WPR18LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA135), May 4, 2018: Cessna 152 (N6198Q), Tamiami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s loss of control during an encounter with instrument meteorological conditions at night. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to depart on the flight… ## Other reports on N6198Q (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20160302002189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160302002189I), Mar 2, 2016: Cessna 152 (N6198Q), Punta Gorda, FL, Minor damage. After landing at pgd airport the pilot was cleared to taxi to the general aviation terminal. Pilot was following instructions from the ramp personnel when the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.