# NTSB MIA79DLD96: Cessna 152, N47009, Lutz, FL, September 8, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 8, 1979
- Place: Lutz, FL · LUTZ, FL
- Location: 28.1407° N, 82.4497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lutz, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1407&lon=-82.4497&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133503
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA79DLD96
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD96

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2582   79/9/8    LUTZ,FL             CESSNA 152          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 35, 31 TOTAL
        TIME - 1215                    N47009              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TAMPA DOWNS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TAMPA,FL                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47009](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47009-1990-07-20), registration cancelled 1990-07-20, S/N 15283157 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tampa Downs

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790908023959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908023959A), Sep 8, 1979: Cessna 152, Lutz, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot bounced badly on touch and go. Attempted go around. Ran off side of runway.

## Other investigations on N47009 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA89FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA252), Sep 21, 1989: Cessna 152 (N47009), Ochopee, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE OVER THE TERRAIN. RELATED FACTORS WERE: DARK NIGHT, SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE PILOT, AND HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF OPERATION (NIGHT…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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