# NTSB MIA88LA117: Cessna 150M, N66661, Lantana, FL, February 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1988, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Lantana, FL
- Coordinates: 26.579046, -80.069244 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5790&lon=-80.0692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32142/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA117

## Sequence of events

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

- Midair collision, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
- Midair collision, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis (aircraft 2)

THE PLT STATED THAT HE TURNED A LONG FINAL APCH DUE TO OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN. HE ONLY SAW ONE OTHER ACFT IN FRONT OF HIM. HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHEN HE FELT THE IMPACT AS THE TWO ACFT COLLIDED. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, BUT DUE TO THE DAMAGED PROPELLER, HE COULD NOT GET ENOUGH POWER, SO HE LANDED IN FRONT OF THE OTHER ACFT & RAN INTO THE GRASS OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Analysis (aircraft 1)

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT THE STUDENT WAS FLYING THE ACFT, & ON SHORT FINAL APCH, WHEN HE FELT THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE ACFT, HE TOOK OVER FROM THE STUDENT & LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N66661](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66661-1994-02-01), registration cancelled 1994-02-01, S/N 15076191 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076191
- Airframe hours: 1832
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dorothy G. Ecker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 12, 1987, 70 hours before
- Departed: LNA, PALM BEACH, FL
- Airport: LNA, Palm Beach County Park, runway 33, 3,485 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: N69133 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282505
- Airframe hours: 2585
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lawrence P. Rizzo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 30, 1987, 30 hours before
- Departed: PBI, W. PALM BEACH, FL
- Airport: LNA, Palm Beach County Park, runway 33, 3,485 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft N66661; age 69; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 4,400 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours
- Pilot, aircraft N69133; age 29; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 63 total, 63 in this make and model, 26 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 6 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (2)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880227005822A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880227005822A), Feb 27, 1988: Cessna 150M, West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Was overtaken and struck from above by N69133. Both aircraft on short final had announced position on UNICOM.
- [Accident 19880227005821A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880227005821A), Feb 27, 1988: Cessna 152, West Palm Bech, FL, Minor damage. Overtook and impacted N66661 from above. Both aircraft short final. Both landed safely. Failed to see other craft.

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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