# NTSB MIA87LA210: Cessna 152, N49817, Miami, FL, July 17, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1987, 13:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Coordinates: 25.910568, -80.270484 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9106&lon=-80.2705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31944
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31944/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA210

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - reduced, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - object - fence
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING FROM LANDING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY THE INSTRUCTOR PLT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH WHETHER OR NOT THE ACFT WAS ON A TAXIWAY. HE WAS THEN ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE DIRECTION WHEN THE RT WING COLLIDED WITH A FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49817](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49817-1998-12-15), registration cancelled 1998-12-15, S/N 15281337 (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: 15281337
- Airframe hours: 3335
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Merit Aviation
- Registered owner: Kimura Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 21, 1987
- Airport: OPF, Opa Locka

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 2,567 total, 250 in this make and model, 2,073 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OPF

## 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 19870717038839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870717038839A), Jul 17, 1987: Cessna 152, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. After landing,visibility reduced to 5 or 6 feet. Became disoriented,tried to reverse direction and wing hit a fence

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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