# NTSB MIA93FA009: Cessna 152, N757SM, New Port Richey, FL, October 21, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1992, 10:13 local (14:13 UTC)
- Place: New Port Richey, FL
- Coordinates: 28.209367, -82.619972 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2094&lon=-82.6200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33167
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93FA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33167/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA009

## Probable cause

LOSS OF CONTROL INFLIGHT BY THE PILOT FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - psychological condition, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, descent

## Analysis

THE COMMERCIAL PILOT DEPARTED ON A VFR FLIGHT IN VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE TRAVELING TO THE SOUTH ESTIMATED BETWEEN 250 TO 1,000 FEET AGL IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO START A TURN TO THE RIGHT AND AN INCREASE IN ENGINE POWER WAS HEARD. THE WITNESSES LOOKED UP AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED BELOW THE TREE LINE. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME, FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM, ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND ACCESSORIES REVEALED NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE A PRECRASH FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. THE PILOT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE CLEARWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEXUAL BATTERY THAT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757SM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757SM-1995-04-26), registration cancelled 1995-04-26, S/N 15279968 (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: 15279968
- Airframe hours: 5889
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Suncoast Flying Services, Inc.
- Registered owner: Suncoast Flying Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 10, 1992, 25 hours before
- Departed: PIE, ST. PETERSBURG, FL
- Destination: CLW

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; flight instructor, commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 965 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TPA, 8 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 19921021043029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921021043029A), Oct 21, 1992: Cessna 152, New Port Richey, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Observed to dive vertically into ground. Reported depressed and threatened suicide. Coroner listed death by suicide

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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