- Date
- February 15, 1987, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ochopee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N773WACessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870215002789A
- Case key
- 31750
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather evaluation - inadequateCause
Factor
Flight into known adverse weather - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Altitude - not maintainedCause
Lack of total instrument timeFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The student pilot while on a cross-country flight encountered poor weather conditions. During a turn and descent to maintain visual contact with terrain the aircraft collided with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N773WA
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279837
- Airframe hours
- 3,818
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A. Ruth Hogsett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 4, 1987 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Destination
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 21 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.