- Date
- March 11, 1987, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cocoa, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4649ACessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870311008769A
- Case key
- 31871
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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 after touchdown the acft was blown off the left side of the rwy, after which, it collided with trees & came to rest. According to the plt's operating handbook the max demonstrated crosswind velocity is 12 KTS. At the time of the accident the crosswind velocity was 17 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4649A
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520854
- Airframe hours
- 2,002
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Merritt Island Flying Ser.
- Registered owner
- Rudy Tench
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 18, 1986 · 72 hours before
- Airport
- COI · Merritt Island, runway 29, 3,600 × 75 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,665 total · 320 in this make and model · 1,402 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 18 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB, 15 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.
Other investigations on N4649A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.