# NTSB MIA93LA089: Cessna 152, N94187, La Belle, FL, March 22, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 22, 1993, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC) - Place: La Belle, FL - Coordinates: 26.639583, -81.339302 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6396&lon=-81.3393&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 10, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 33244 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA93LA089 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33244/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA089 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted - in-flight planning/decision - improper, dual student (cause) - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - wrong runway - selected - flare - improper, dual student (contributing factor) - aborted landing - improper, dual student (contributing factor) - airspeed - inadequate - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - stall/mush - inadvertent - Nose over, other ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94187-2000-07-13), registration cancelled 2000-07-13, S/N 15285617 (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: 15285617 - Airframe hours: 5363 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19930322045689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930322045689A), Mar 22, 1993: Cessna 152, La Belle, FL, Substantial damage. Student began go around full flaps on high level off. CFI took over. Dumped flaps settled off runway. Nosed over. ## Other investigations on N94187 (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 ATL90LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA045), Jan 3, 1990: Cessna 152 (N94187), Whiteville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED THROUGH THE LANDING FLARE TO AVOID A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS HIS FAILURE TO ANTICIPATE CONTROL INPUTS… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.