# NTSB MIA91LA200: Cessna 152, N757TM, Marianna, FL, August 21, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1991, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Marianna, FL
- Coordinates: 30.849864, -85.230598 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8499&lon=-85.2306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91LA200
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32915/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA200

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIRSPEED DURING LANDING AND FAILURE TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND IN A TIMELY MANNER.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT NOTED HIS AIRSPEED WAS FAST ON FINAL APPROACH AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND HIS FLARE TO DISSIPATE AIRSPEED.  THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND AS HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757TM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757TM-2007-12-12), registration cancelled 2007-12-12, S/N 15279992, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 79992
- Airframe hours: 9708
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Sowell Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Sowell Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 12, 1991, 60 hours before
- Departed: CEW, CRESTVIEW, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MAI, Marianna, runway 8, 4,997 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 31 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: TLH, 29 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 19910821035669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910821035669A), Aug 21, 1991: Cessna 152, Marianna, FL, Substantial damage. Landed hard after misjudging approach speed. Bounced,porpoised,came down on nose and collapsed nose gear.

## Other investigations on N757TM (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA79DKJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKJ05), Oct 16, 1978: Cessna 152T (N757TM), Dothan, AL, substantial damage

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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