# NTSB MIA87LA137: Cessna 152, N89627, Gainesville, FL, April 18, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 18, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.669986, -82.330368 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6700&lon=-82.3304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31895
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31895/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA137

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89627-2000-09-05), registration cancelled 2000-09-05, S/N 15282806 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282806
- Airframe hours: 1893
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870418012259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870418012259A), Apr 18, 1987: Cessna 152, Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination. Landed hard on a taxiway due to a stall on the flare. Impact collapsed nose gear.

## Other investigations on N89627 (2)

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 IAD98LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA003), Oct 5, 1997: Cessna 152 (N89627), Dover, DE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed which resulted in an overrun of the runway.
- [NTSB NYC91LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA051), Dec 17, 1990: Cessna 152 (N89627), Lincoln Park, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDINGS.

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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