# NTSB MIA84LA254: Cessna 152, N5348B, Key West, FL, September 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1984, 11:12 local (15:12 UTC)
- Place: Key West, FL
- Coordinates: 24.549015, -81.779945 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5490&lon=-81.7799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31193
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA254
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31193/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA254

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5348B), registered now, S/N 15283844, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283844
- Airframe hours: 35193
- Engines: 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.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840915052339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840915052339A), Sep 15, 1984: Cessna 152, Key West, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impact collapsed the nose gear and damaged the firewall.

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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