# NTSB MIA93LA020: Cessna 152, N95825, Tallahassee, FL, November 19, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 19, 1992, 09:58 local (14:58 UTC)
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Coordinates: 30.39055, -84.510696 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3906&lon=-84.5107&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33198
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33198/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA020

## Probable cause

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S IMPROPER FLARE ON LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED HIS FLARE WAS TOO LATE OR NOT ENOUGH. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, BOUNCED, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95825](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95825-1994-09-20), registration cancelled 1994-09-20, S/N 15285971 (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: 15285971
- Airframe hours: 5937
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Tidwell, A.C.
- Registered owner: Tidwell, A.C.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 3, 1992
- Airport: TLH, Tallahassee Regional, runway 36, 6,066 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH, 1 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 19921119056409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921119056409A), Nov 19, 1992: Cessna 152, Tallahassee, FL, Substantial damage. Failed to timely flare for landing, struck runway nose first and bounced. Left runway and hit runway light.

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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