# NTSB MIA88LA182: Cessna 152, N25516, Marco Island, FL, May 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1988, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Marco Island, FL
- Location: 25.9950° N, 81.6725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARCO ISLAND EXEC (MKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9950&lon=-81.6725&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32186/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA182

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, dual student (cause)
  - lack of total experience, dual student (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

WHILE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON RWY 17, THE FLT WAS ADVISED THAT THE WINDS WERE FROM 110 DEGREES AT 15 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 20. THE CFI STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOW ON FINAL APCH. WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS LOWERED, THE ACFT WAS BLOWN OFF THE RT SIDE OF THE RWY AFTER WHICH THE STUDENT PLT OVERCORRECTED TO THE LEFT. IT THEN DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RNWY STALLED, AND COLLIDED WITH TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25516](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25516-2017-03-10), registration cancelled 2017-03-10, S/N 15280709, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280709
- Airframe hours: 3828
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Crest One Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Crest One Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 3, 1988, 103 hours before
- Departed: X14, LA BELLE, FL
- Airport: MKY, Marco Island, runway 17, 5,008 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 458 total, 148 in this make and model, 335 as pilot in command, 69 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: APF, 11 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 19880531019389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880531019389A), May 31, 1988: Cessna 152, Marco Island, FL, Substantial damage. Student allowed aircraft to drift to right side of runway on final. Overcorrected left stalled and struck tree.

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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