# NTSB MIA87LA017: Cessna 152, N93588, Boca Raton, FL, October 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 30, 1986, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Coordinates: 26.37087, -80.100776 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3709&lon=-80.1008&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): 31816
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31816/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA017

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO CONDUCT HIS FIRST TOUCH-&-GO LDG AFTER A LOCAL SOLO TRAINING FLT. ON THE FIRST LDG, HE SAID HE MADE A 'SLIGHT BOUNCE' & HE LEVELED THE ACFT & SET UP FOR ANOTHER FLARE. HE SAID THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON THE MAINS BUT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CAME DOWN, IT COLLAPSED. THERE ARE NO KNOWN WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE SURFACE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE LISTED AS 130 DEGS AT 9 KTS, OR A 50 DEG RIGHT X-WIND. A POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE NOSE GEAR ASSY REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE & INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL WAS CONSISTENT WITH A LANDING ON THE NOSE WHEEL. THE STUDENT PLT HAD A TOTAL OF ABOUT 47 HRS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93588](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93588-2014-02-19), registration cancelled 2014-02-19, S/N 15285522, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285522
- Airframe hours: 2251
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Boca Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1986
- Departed: BCT
- Airport: BCT, Boca Raton, runway 5, 5,200 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 20 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FLL, 14 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 19861030052779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861030052779A), Oct 30, 1986: Cessna 152, Boca Raton, FL, Substantial damage. Student landed hard and collapsed the nose gear during crosswind touch and go practice.

## Other investigations on N93588 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA10LA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA434), Aug 20, 2010: Cessna 152 (N93588), Hollywood, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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