- Date
- April 18, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N89627Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870418012259A
- Case key
- 31895
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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 elected to land the acft on a taxiway after the eng quit aprx 5 miles from the arpt. During the flare, the wing stalled, followed by a hard landing on the nose gear causing it to collapse. Post crash examination of the acft revealed that the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89627
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282806
- Airframe hours
- 1,893
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unique Air Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 14, 1986 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Miami, FL
- Airport
- GNV · Gainesville Regional
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 15 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV
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 N89627 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.