# NTSB MIA93LA067: Cessna 152, N95527, Fort Mccoy, FL, February 15, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1993, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Fort Mccoy, FL
- Location: 29.3650° N, 81.9670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort McCoy, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3650&lon=-81.9670&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33227
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33227/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA067

## Probable cause

THE IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH A LARGE BIRD.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, cruise - normal
  - object - bird(s) (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A LARGE BIRD WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95527](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95527-1996-03-11), registration cancelled 1996-03-11, S/N 15285913 (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: 15285913
- Airframe hours: 5024
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Hawthorne Ocala, Inc.
- Registered owner: Hawthorne Ocala, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 1, 1993, 19 hours before
- Departed: OCF, OCALA, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 175 total, 120 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OCF, 18 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 19930215002399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930215002399A), Feb 15, 1993: Cessna 152, Fort Mccoy, FL, Substantial damage. En route left wing struck a large bird. Landed safely.

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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