# NTSB MIA84LA073: Cessna 152, N5310M, Clearwater, FL, February 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 8, 1984, 11:44 local (16:44 UTC)
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Location: 27.9772° N, 82.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEARWATER EXEC (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9772&lon=-82.7591&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): 31078
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31078/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - above, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5310M-2014-11-25), registration cancelled 2014-11-25, S/N 15284525 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284525
- Airframe hours: 1562
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840208025069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840208025069A), Feb 8, 1984: Cessna 152, Clearwater, FL, Substantial damage. Student lost control of aircraft landing in a quartering tailwind. Ran off the side of the runway.

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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