# NTSB MIA83FA057: Cessna 152, N89225, La Belle, FL, January 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 6, 1983, 17:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place: La Belle, FL
- Coordinates: 26.640203, -81.339988 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6402&lon=-81.3400&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30758
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83FA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30758/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA057

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

AT ABOUT 1720 A COMMERCIAL PLT LANDED AT LA BELLE ARPT & REPORTED THAT THE CEILING WAS RAGGED IN NATURE, SOME 200-300 FTOFF THE GROUND, WITH VISIBILITY 2 MI IN DRIZZLE. AS HE WAS LEAVING THE ARPT HE NOTICED 2 MEN SITTING IN A BLUE & WHILE C-152. AFTER ARRIVING AT HIS HOME, LOCATED 1-1/2 MI FROM THE ARPT, HE OBSERVED A BLUE & WHILE C-152 AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL.HE HEARD AN ENG SOUND OF 'EXTREME HIGH R.P.M AND THEN SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE.' HE THEN DROVE BACK TO THE ARPT & FOUND THE BLUE & WHITE C-152 MISSING. THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT A DESCENT ANGLE OF NEAR 15 DEG NOSE DOWN. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT (BAC) WAS 0.15% & HIS GASTRIC BAC WAS 0.449%.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N89225 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282681
- Airframe hours: 589
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mark Wayne Brown, doing business as Route #1, Box 296
- Registered owner: Omega Aviation Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 30, 1982, 42 hours before
- Departed: X-14, LA BELLE, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; toxicology performed; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dusk
- Wind: 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 27 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830106002069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830106002069A), Jan 6, 1983: Cessna 152, Port Labelle, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Intoxicated student pilot borrowed a trainer for a pleasure flight. Lost control departing in fog and low clouds.

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.

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