# NTSB MIA87LA105: Cessna A152, N4649A, Cocoa, FL, March 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 11, 1987, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Coordinates: 28.31994, -80.680183 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3199&lon=-80.6802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31871
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31871/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA105

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - compensation for wind conditions - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - performance data - exceeded, pilot in command
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4649A-1992-04-28), registration cancelled 1992-04-28, S/N A1520854 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Registry model: [Cessna A152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (registry code 2071836) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1520854
- Airframe hours: 2002
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870311008769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870311008769A), Mar 11, 1987: Cessna A152, Cocoa, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered off runway in strong crosswinds. Pilot was flying with a door removed for aerial photography.

## Other investigations on N4649A (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 LAX90FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA320), Sep 10, 1990: Cessna A152 (N4649A), Tucson, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO RECOVER FROM A SPIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ASSURE THERE WAS ADEQUATE ALTITUDE TO RECOVER FROM AN INADVERTENT OR INTENTIONAL SPIN, AND…

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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