- Date
- February 17, 1984, 15:07 local (20:07 UTC)
- Place
- Cooper City, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5408MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840217003849A
- Case key
- 30970
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
Remedial action - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses saw the acft in a spin prior to impact. They stated that the plt was seen doing practice airwork in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5408M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L5284583
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eben Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jeffery Bryson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 31, 1984 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa-Locka, FL
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 20 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.