# NTSB MIA87LA034: Cessna 152, N24298, Lantana, FL, November 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 22, 1986, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Lantana, FL
- Coordinates: 26.580915, -80.070816 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5809&lon=-80.0708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31828
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31828/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA034

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED SLUGGISHLY DURING TAKEOFF AND WOULD NOT CLIMB TO CLEAR TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY ENCOUNTERING SAND AND NOSING OVER. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFTS ENGINE PRODUCED BETWEEN 2000 AND 2100 RPM. POST CRASH RUNNING OF THE ENGINE REVEALED IT TO OPERATE TO FULL POWER WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undetermined, takeoff - initial climb
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24298](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24298-2013-04-15), registration cancelled 2013-04-15, S/N 15280202, built 1977 (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: 15280202
- Airframe hours: 2285
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Wing Tip Aviation
- Registered owner: Ray E. Broadhead
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 14, 1986, 92 hours before
- Destination: FMY, FORT MYERS, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: LNA, Palm Beach County Park, runway 3, 3,550 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 11,210 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 10,825 as pilot in command, 96 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 5 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 19861122066679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861122066679A), Nov 22, 1986: Cessna 152, Lantana, FL, Substantial damage. The takeoff was aborted due to a slow climb rate and the aircraft ran off the end of the runway. Density altitude.

## Other investigations on N24298 (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 ATL80DKW14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKW14), Jun 19, 1980: Cessna 152 (N24298), Greenville, TN, substantial damage

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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