- Date
- April 23, 1989, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704XECessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890423009669A
- Case key
- 32428
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Probable cause
Failure of a rocker shaft boss on the number three cylinder. A related factor was the rough terrain in the emergency landing area.
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 plt stated that he was cruising along the coastline at about 600 ft AGL, when the eng began to lose power & run rough. A forced ldg was performed when the plt realized there was insufficient power avail to sustain flt. Subsequently, the acft touched down on rough terrain & nosed over. An exam of the eng revealed that the rocker shaft boss on the #3 cylinder had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704XE
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078949
- Airframe hours
- 4,346
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adf Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Aquarius Rising Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 20, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 70 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 10 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.