# NTSB MIA84LA235: Cessna 152, N46271, Orlando, FL, August 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1984, 11:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Coordinates: 28.559183, -81.34938 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5592&lon=-81.3494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31179
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA235
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31179/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA235

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, standing - engine(s) operating
  - object - aircraft moving on ground (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis (aircraft 2)

THE TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED ACFT COLLIDED WITH A STOPPED CESSNA WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF. THE CESSNA WAS IN THE RUNUP AREA. THE BOEING A75 ACFT PLT SAID HE FAILED TO SEE THE PARKED ACFT.

## Analysis (aircraft 1)

THE CESSNA WAS PARKED SHORT OF THE RWY IN THE RUNUP AREA WHEN THE BOEING A75 TAXIIED INTO THE TAIL OF THE ACFT. THE BOEING PLT SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE PARKED ACFT.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N46271](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46271-1997-03-04), registration cancelled 1997-03-04, S/N 15283026 (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: 15283026
- Airframe hours: 1092
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Landers Aviation
- Registered owner: Kirchhoefer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: Orlando Executive

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N711RS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711RS), registered now, S/N 75-8463, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 758463
- Airframe hours: 4992
- Engines: P&W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rosie O'Grady'S Wharehouse,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 17, 1983, 96 hours before
- Airport: Orlando Executive

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft N46271; age 28; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,850 total, 1,030 in this make and model
- Pilot, aircraft N711RS; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,008 in this make and model, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORL

## FAA reports on this event (2)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840822049812A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840822049812A), Aug 22, 1984: Cessna 152, Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. While waiting for takeoff clearance, aircrafts tail struck by propeller of a taxiing stearman N711RS.
- [Accident 19840822049811A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840822049811A), Aug 22, 1984: Boeing A75N1, Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Propeller struck tail of a Cessna 152, N46271, that was holding short of runway 31.

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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