- Date
- November 5, 1984, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25575Cessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31059
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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
While cruising at 800 ft MSL the plt statd that the eng sputtered and lost all pwr as he opened the throttle. During the ensuing forced landing the plt veered to the left because of a bldg located at the end of the field. The acft collided with trees. An eng exam and runup revealed no preimpact malfunction or failures. Wx condition were conductive to carb incing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25575
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280741
- Airframe hours
- 2,642
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph L. Kessler
- Registered owner
- Prt. Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1983
- Departed
- X51 · Homestead, 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 235 total · 127 in this make and model · 198 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 3 nm away