- Date
- May 2, 1987, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19870502060961A19870502060962A
- Case key
- 31760
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that he was at 60 KTS. With full flaps & just about to flare when somthing forced the nose down. He then pulled back on the controls, hit the ground, veered off the left side of the runway & collided with a C152 that was holding for takeoff, rolled aprx 200 yards further, hit a drt mound, flipped over and came to rest inverted. A witness that was in the traffic pattern stated that he saw two 152 acft on short final & just as he called out a warning on the radio the acft that was slightly to the right of the other 152 collided with it, then went around & landed safely, the other 152 then bounced & veered off the left side of the runway, hit another 152 that was holding for takeoff, rolled aprx 200 yards, hit a dirt mound, flipped over & came to rest inverted.
The instructor plt stated that the acft was over the threshold, when they saw an airplane pass over & descend in front of their aircraft. He tried to avoid hitting it by turning to the right but the left wing contacted the rudder, he then added full power and went around and landed. A witness that was in the traffic pattern stated that he saw two 152 aircraft on short final and just as he called out a warning on the radio the aircraft that was slightly to the right of the other 152 collided with it and then went around and landed safely, the other 152 then bounced, veered off the left side of the runway, hit another 152 that was holding for takeoff, rolled aprx 200 ft., hit a dirt mound, nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N152LG
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282249
- Airframe hours
- 5,030
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Florida Airmotive
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 21, 1987 · 31 hours before
- Airport
- LNA · Palm Beach County Park, runway 15, 3,485 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
- Registration
- N67843
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282052
- Airframe hours
- 1,747
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chandelle Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Treetop Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 17, 1986 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Bch, FL
- Airport
- LNA · Palm Beach County Park, runway 15, 3,485 × 150 ft, asphalt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N152LG
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,318 total · 10 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N67843
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 52 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.