# NTSB MIA83LA023: Cessna 150, N714LB, Everglades City, FL, November 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 4, 1982, 16:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70635/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

PLT LANDED HARD, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & ACFT FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714LB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714LB-1994-04-28), registration cancelled 1994-04-28, S/N 15079248 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-79248
- Airframe hours: 212
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Toyoshi Kimora
- Registered owner: Toyoshi Kimora
- Departed: C, KEY WEST, FL
- Destination: C, EVERGLADES, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: XL, Everglades, runway 33, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 12 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 180 °F

## 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 19821104056869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821104056869A), Nov 4, 1982: Cessna 150M, Everglades City, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot carrying passenger made hard landing that resulted in aircraft flipping inverted.

## Other investigations on N714LB (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 MIA81DKT23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT23), Jan 30, 1981: Cessna 150 (N714LB), Homestead, FL, substantial damage

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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