# NTSB MIA84LA264: Cessna 152, N65457, La Belle, FL, September 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 29, 1984, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place: La Belle, FL
- Coordinates: 26.64002, -81.339721 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6400&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA264
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31201/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA264

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS MAKING A GO-AROUND BECAUSE OF A WIND GUST AND SAID HE ADDED 'SOME POWER' AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS BUTTHE ACFT CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT UNTIL IT COLLIDED WITH THE TREES TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY AT ABOUT MIDFIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65457](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65457-1989-01-13), registration cancelled 1989-01-13, S/N 15281563 (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: 15281563
- Airframe hours: 2756
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: La Belle Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 10, 1984, 77 hours before
- Airport: X14, La Belle Municipal, runway 32, 3,800 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 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 19840929052499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840929052499A), Sep 29, 1984: Cessna 152, La Belle, FL, Substantial damage. Student elected to go around. Allowed aircraft to drift off the runway into trees adjacent to 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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