# NTSB ANC08LA023: Cessna 152, N169LC, Miami, FL, December 1, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 1, 2007, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Coordinates: 25.641944, -80.426391
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6419&lon=-80.4264&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: Miami
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67267
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC08LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67267/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA023

## Probable cause

The loss of engine power during takeoff initial climb for an undetermined reason.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, emergency landing after takeoff
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The flight instructor and student pilot returned to the airport to do touch-and-go landings. Following the first touch-and-go, the airplane climbed to about 200 feet above the runway, and the engine started to run rough and lose rpm. The flight instructor attempted to return to the runway. He reported that the airplane landed hard about 80 feet short of a water retention pond, and rolled into the pond, coming to rest inverted. He said there were no known mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident, and that during the accident the tail was separated from the cabin section. The airplane was not examined by the NTSB, and it is unknown what precipitated the loss of engine power.

## Factual narrative

On December 1, 2007, about 1645 Eastern standard time, a Cessna 152 airplane, N169LC, sustained substantial damage during an in-flight collision with terrain, following an emergency descent and landing after takeoff, at the Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport, Miami, Florida. The airplane was being operated by the pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) instructional flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The commercial certificated flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed the Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport about 1530.

In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) dated December 9, the flight instructor reported that they returned to the airport about 1640 to do touch-and-go landings. Following the first touch-and-go, the airplane had climbed to about 200 feet above the runway when the engine started to run rough and lose rpm.  According to the flight instructor, he declared an emergency, and attempted to return to the runway. He reported that he was unable to make the runway, the airplane landed hard about 80 feet short of a water retention pond, and rolled into the pond, coming to rest inverted. He said there were no known mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident, and that during the accident the tail was separated from the cabin section.

The airplane was not examined by the NTSB.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N169LC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N169LC-2013-05-14), registration cancelled 2013-05-14, S/N 15279994, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279994
- Airframe hours: 1684
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Dean International
- Registered owner: Ja Megna Aircraft LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 1, 2007
- Departed: TMB, Miami, FL
- Airport: KTMB, Kendall Tamiami Executive Airp, runway 09L, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 24; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 1, 2007; seat: right; flight hours: 961 total, 520 in this make and model, 920 as pilot in command, 300 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: KTMB

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