- Date
- September 15, 1984, 11:12 local (15:12 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5348BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840915052339A
- Case key
- 31193
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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The pilot stated to the chief of the FAA control tower at Key West int'l arpt after the accident that she 'porpoised' on landing, striking the nose gear and causing it to collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5348B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283844
- Airframe hours
- 35,193
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Karen J. Fleishman
- Registered owner
- Aviation Financial Svcs. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1984 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Airport
- EYW · Key Est Int.
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 87 total · 84 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 23,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.