# NTSB MIA84FA044: Cessna 152, N94642, Venice, FL, December 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1983, 19:41 local (Dec 12, 1983, 00:41 UTC)
- Place: Venice, FL
- Location: 27.0700° N, 82.4562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0700&lon=-82.4562&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30957
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84FA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30957/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA044

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach

## Analysis

THIS WAS THE FIRST FLT FOR THE PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PLT. HE STATED THAT DURING THE SECOND TRAFIC PATTERN OVER THE GULF, THE ACFT APPEARED TO HIT A GUST OF WIND, PITCHED UP, & ENTERED A SPIN. WINDS WERE GUSTING 27 KTS, & SEVERE WX WAS FORECAST & ARRIVED LATER IN THE EVENING. A LARGE THUNDERSTORM AREA WAS VISIBLE FROM THE WX SATELLITE JUST WEST OF THE ARPT WEAR THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94642](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94642-2013-06-05), registration cancelled 2013-06-05, S/N 15285748, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285748
- Airframe hours: 343
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235_N2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Air Venice Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 22, 1983, 48 hours before
- Airport: VNC, Venice, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 6,000 total, 9 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 170° at 17 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JRQ, 18 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 19831211074469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831211074469A), Dec 11, 1983: Cessna 152, Venice, FL, Destroyed. CFI allowed aircraft to stall in traffic pattern and spin into the gulf waters. Thunderstorm was approaching area.

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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