# NTSB MIA83LA187: Cessna 152, N5170B, Miami, FL, July 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 19, 1983, 11:06 local (15:06 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Coordinates: 25.650367, -80.410224 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6504&lon=-80.4102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30914/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA187

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT STATED THAT WHILE PERFORMING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED 2 TIMES. ON THE 3RD TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5170B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283786
- Airframe hours: 3137
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Burnside Ott Aviation
- Registered owner: Aviation Financial Services
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, July 7, 1983, 38 hours before
- Airport: TMB, Tamiami, runway 9R, 4,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 24 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TMB

## 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 19830719033769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830719033769A), Jul 19, 1983: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing on nose causing it to break off.

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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