# NTSB MIA89LA040: Cessna 172, N8262B, Okeechobee, FL, November 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 20, 1988, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.529676, -80.189315 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5297&lon=-80.1893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 8, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32364
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89LA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32364/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA040

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - lubricating system,oil filler cap - not secured (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,oil - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, HE DID NOT REPLACE THE OIL CAP AFTER HE CHECKED THE OIL. SUBSEQUENTLY, OIL WAS VENTED OVERBOARD DURING FLIGHT & THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A FORCED LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8262B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8262B-2013-09-10), registration cancelled 2013-09-10, S/N 36062, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36062
- Airframe hours: 6357
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Thompson, Donald C.
- Registered owner: Donald C Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 2, 1988, 50 hours before
- Departed: LNA, LANTANA, FL
- Destination: LAL, LAKELAND, FL
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 45 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 55 nm away

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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