- Date
- February 8, 1984, 11:44 local (16:44 UTC)
- Place
- Clearwater, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5310MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840208025069A
- Case key
- 31078
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
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flare - improperCause
TotalCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Airspeed - aboveCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Nose over
Analysis
According to the instructor/witness, the student plt lost control of the acft during a cross-wind landing. The acft bounced off the rwy into the dirt and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5310M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284525
- Airframe hours
- 1,562
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Suncoast Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Milton M Moll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 20, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- CLW · Clearwater, FL
- Airport
- CLW · Clearwater, runway 33, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 64 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLW, 25 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.