# NTSB MIA84LA018: Cessna 152, N25958, Clearwater, FL, October 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 26, 1983, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Location: 27.9086° N, 82.6865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PETE-CLEARWATER INTL (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9086&lon=-82.6865&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): 31054
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31054/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA018

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A HARD LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE LANDINGS. THIS TOUCHDOWN WAS HARD AND ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT THE WIND WAS FROM 330 DEGREES AT 12 KTS. THE LANDING WAS ON RWY 04. THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF DURING THE LANDING AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25958](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25958-2015-05-04), registration cancelled 2015-05-04, S/N 15280882, built 1977 (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: 15280882
- Airframe hours: 2474
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aero Services International
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 25, 1983, 0 hours before
- Airport: PIE, Clearwater Int'L., runway 4, 5,722 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 51 total, 23 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE

## 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 19831026055559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831026055559A), Oct 26, 1983: Cessna 152, Clearwater, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot practicing touch and go landings made hard landing on nose wheel.

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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