- Date
- March 23, 1983, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5547PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830323011679A
- Case key
- 30860
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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
A student pilot on a supervised solo flight in a Cessna 152 collided with a remote controlled model airplane during climb out through 400 feet. The acft was damaged but the pilot was not injured. The model airplane was being operated from an adjacent park, by the approval of the palm beach county parks dept.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5547P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284974
- Airframe hours
- 876
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chandelle Aviation South
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Millroy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Airport
- LNA · Palm Beach County, runway 33, 3,485 × 150 ft
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 70 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 15 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.