# NTSB MIA87LA083: Cessna 152, N4613P, Melbourne, FL, February 12, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 12, 1987, 10:07 local (15:07 UTC)
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Coordinates: 28.059837, -80.549186 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0598&lon=-80.5492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31853
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31853/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA083

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - elevator - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT BALLOONED DURING THE STUDENT PLT'S FIRST TOUCH & GO LANDING. SHE THEN LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT, AFTER WHICH, IT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. THE ACFT THEN TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED, STALLED, & LANDED HARD COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4613P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284781
- Airframe hours: 1920
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Melbourne Aviation
- Registered owner: Prevost Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 7, 1987, 14 hours before
- Airport: MLB, Melbourne Regional, runway 27R, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLB

## 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 19870212002659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870212002659A), Feb 12, 1987: Cessna 152, Melbourne, FL, Substantial damage. The student ballooned the landing and the aircraft porpoised.

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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