# NTSB MIA86LA164: Cessna 152, N20SQ, Stuart, FL, May 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1986, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&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): 31638
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31638/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA164

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLT AND WAS ATTEMPTING HIS THIRD LANDING. DURING THE FLARE, THE ACFT BALLOONED, NOSED OVER AND STRUCK THE RWY ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE ACFT THEN BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. THEPLT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE ACFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20SQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20SQ-1988-04-08), registration cancelled 1988-04-08, S/N 15285142 (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: 15285142
- Airframe hours: 3516
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: St. Lucie Skyways
- Registered owner: Bizport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 9, 1986, 80 hours before
- Departed: SUA
- Airport: SUA, Stuart-Witham, runway 20, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: VRB, 30 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 19860520020999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860520020999A), May 20, 1986: Cessna 152, Stuart, FL, Destroyed. Flared too high and bounced on 3rd landing of first solo flight. Hit on nose gear and broke it. Burst into flames.

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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