# NTSB MIA87LA093: Cessna 152, N89126, Tallahassee, FL, February 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 25, 1987, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Location: 30.3968° N, 84.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLAHASSEE INTL (TLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3968&lon=-84.3509&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): 31860
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31860/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA093

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT FAILED TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT, LANDED HARD, BOUNCED 2-3 TIMES, THEN LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89126](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89126-2006-03-23), registration cancelled 2006-03-23, S/N 15282640, built 1978 (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: 15282640
- Airframe hours: 4580
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ace Flying School
- Registered owner: Michael J. Griffin Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 3, 1987, 28 hours before
- Airport: TLH, Tallahassee Municipal, runway 36, 6,070 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH

## 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 19870225035129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870225035129A), Feb 25, 1987: Cessna 152, Tallahassee, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft bounced on landing and collapsed the nose gear. Student was confused by other traffic in the pattern.

## Other investigations on N89126 (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 MIA88LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA077), Dec 28, 1987: Cessna 152 (N89126), Tallahassee, FL, 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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