# NTSB MIA86LA023: Cessna 152, N15BX, Pahokee, FL, October 31, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1985, 08:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.809476, -80.660003 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8095&lon=-80.6600&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): 31543
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31543/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA023

## 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
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THE ACFT BOUNCED FOUR TIMES ON LANDING. DURING THE FOURTH BOUNCE THE ACFT IMPACTED THE RWY HARD CAUSING THE NOSE TIRE TO BLOW OUT AND THE NOSE GEAR TO BEND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15BX](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15BX-1996-07-05), registration cancelled 1996-07-05, S/N 15285418 (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: 15285418
- Airframe hours: 758
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: William C. Weist
- Registered owner: Bendix Avionics Empl. Flying
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1985, 208 hours before
- Departed: FXE, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: PHK, Palm Beach County Glades, runway 17, 4,620 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 23 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F

## 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 19851031055509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851031055509A), Oct 31, 1985: Cessna 152, Pahokee, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced several times during landing attempt. Landed hard on nose gear. Blew the tire and bent nose gear.

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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