- Date
- February 25, 1991, 14:28 local (19:28 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N25938Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910225003459A
- Case key
- 32746
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command/cfi improper supervision of the dual student. This resulted in an in flight loss of control, stall/spin, and collision with terrain for failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering in a turn.
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 pic/cfi was conducting an instructional flight with a student pilot. The airplane was observed 300 feet AGL above the approach end of the active runway, when the airplane made a sudden turn to the left with a 45 degree angle of bank. The airplane continued in the turn back across the runway when the nose of the airplane pitched down 90 degrees. The airplane disappeared below the tree line and collided with the terrain. The pic/cfi and student pilot were killed. The airplane was destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25938
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280869
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tamiami Aircraft Serv., Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tamiami Aircraft Serv., Inc.
- Departed
- FMY · Fort Myers, FL
- Destination
- PHK · Pahokee, 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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 524 total · 522 in this make and model · 439 as pilot in command · 272 in the last 90 days · 102 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 19,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 25 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.