- Date
- March 6, 1989, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N47115Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890306003249A
- Case key
- 32277
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Probable cause
Instructor pilots failure to maintain control of the aircraft resulting in a collision with terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The CFI and his student departed about 1230 EST on the student pilot's first flight. The aircraft was found the next morning approximately 8 miles north of the miami VOR. It had collided with the ground in a near vertical attitude with its nose buried in the mud up to the aft door posts. Post accident inspection failed to reveal any mechanical failure/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47115
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283172
- Airframe hours
- 4,180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pelican Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- World Aircraft Sales Lease Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 17, 1989 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 180 in this make and model · 115 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 20 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.