- Date
- March 22, 1993, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94187Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930322045689A
- Case key
- 33244
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Probable cause
Improper in-flight planning/decision by the student pilot, and inadequate supervision of the flight by the instructor pilot (CFI). Factors related to the accident were: the tailwind, and the student pilot's improper flare and transition to an aborted landing, which resulted in inadequate airspeed and allowed the aircraft to mush into the ground.
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
According to the airport operator, the wind was from the southeast at 5 knots & runway 14 was the active runway. The dual student & instructor pilot (CFI) elected to follow another pilot that selected runway 32. During the landing flare, the student pilot thought the airplane was high & added full power for a go-around. The student did not retract the flaps from the full down position, and the aircraft would not accelerate. The instructor took control & lowered the nose to prevent a stall, then raised the flaps to 10 degrees. The aircraft settled into the grass on the right side of the runway, and the right main landing gear dug in. The nose gear then dug in & collapsed, and the aircraft flipped onto its back. About 28 miles southwest at fort myers, the wind was from 110 degrees at 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94187
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285617
- Airframe hours
- 5,363
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Florida Flight Academy, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Florida Flight Academy, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1993 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Destination
- X14
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- X14 · Labelle Municipal, runway 32, 3,810 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 440 total · 91 in this make and model · 340 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 28 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.
Other investigations on N94187 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.