# NTSB MIA87FA025: Cessna 152, N49083, Woodville, FL, November 6, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1986, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Woodville, FL
- Location: 30.3151° N, 84.2688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3151&lon=-84.2688&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87FA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31734/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA025

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PLT HAD RECEIVED HIS CERTIFICATE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS RECEIVING STAGE THREE RADAR SERVICE WHEN IT ADVISED THAT IT WAS IN THE CLOUDS AND WAS TURNING AROUND. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST MOMENTS LATER AND THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. WITNESSES IN THE AREA DESCRIBED THE NIGHT AS VERY DARK WITH CLOUDS AND FOG EXTENDING FROM THE TREE TOPS TO ABOUT 2000 FT AGL. THE WEATHER DATA LISTED ABOVE IS FROM AN OBSERVATION TAKEN AT TALLAHASSEE, FL, APRX 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N49083 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281140
- Airframe hours: 3769
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ace Flying School, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 6, 1986, 1 hours before
- Departed: TLH, TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Destination: CDK, CEDAR KEY, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 63 total, 26 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH, 8 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 19861106082709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861106082709A), Nov 6, 1986: Cessna 152, Woodville, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The VFR pilot entered night IFR conditions and lost aircraft control. Fog buildup was noted to be unusually rapid.

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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