- Date
- February 27, 1982, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Miami Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24542Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820227000959A
- Case key
- 71685
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that while flying approximately 10 miles southeast of the airport over the ocean the engine started to vibrate. The pilot elected to return to the airport however. A few minutes later the engine oil pressure dropped to zero and the aircraft was ditched in the ocean. Investigation revealed that the number 4 connecting rod cap separated from the rod due to failure of one rod cap bolt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24542
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280321
- Airframe hours
- 2,398
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lauderdale Aviation
- Registered owner
- Lauderdale Aviation
- Departed
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
- Destination
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 65 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.