# NTSB MIA87LA144: Cessna 152, N49832, Arcadoa, FL, April 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1987, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Arcadoa, FL
- Location: 27.1953° N, 81.8382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARCADIA MUNI (X06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1953&lon=-81.8382&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31901
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31901/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA144

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command
  - aileron - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - rudder - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PLT DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION FROM TAXIING THE ACFT TO RAISING THE FLAPS AND TURNING OFF THE CARB HEAT. THE RT WING WAS THEN LIFTED BY THE CROSS WIND, AFTER WHICH, THE PLT APPLIED EXCESSIVE RT RUDDER. THE ACFT LEFT THE RWY, FELL INTO A DITCH, & CAME TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N49832 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15271348
- Airframe hours: 1356
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: American Aircraft
- Registered owner: Wayne Owen Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 3, 1987, 50 hours before
- Departed: OBE, OKEECHOBEE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: X06, Arcabia Minicipal, runway 24, 3,700 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 31 total, 28 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 37 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 19870423011459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870423011459A), Apr 23, 1987: Cessna 152, Arcadia, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway into a ditch on landing. The student failed to correct for crosswind effects.

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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