# NTSB MIA89FA098: Cessna 152, N47115, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 6, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 6, 1989, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Coordinates: 26.060228, -80.320022 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0602&lon=-80.3200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32277
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89FA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32277/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA098

## Probable cause

INSTRUCTOR PILOTS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - soft

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47115-1989-12-27), registration cancelled 1989-12-27, S/N 15283172 (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: 15283172
- Airframe hours: 4180
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890306003249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890306003249A), Mar 6, 1989: Cessna 152, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft nose dived into a swamp. Vertical impact indicates a stall entered from a unknown maneuver.

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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