# NTSB MIA94LA156: Cessna 152, N6159Q, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, June 8, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1994, 09:52 local (13:52 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Coordinates: 26.190221, -80.169242 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1902&lon=-80.1692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 18, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA94LA156
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37557/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA156

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE ABORTED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - aborted landing - discontinued, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - soft
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

WHILE PERFORMING HIS FIRST SOLO LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. HE INITIATED A GO- AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. BELIEVING THAT HE WAS GOING TO HIT VEHICLES PARKED TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASS. DURING LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Factual narrative

On June 8, 1994, about 0952 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 152, N6159Q, registered to Executive Pilot Service, Inc., crashed to the side of runway 8 while landing at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the student-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on June 8, 1994, about 0940.

The student pilot stated that he was on his first supervised solo flight and he was performing his first landing. His instructor was observing from the control tower. As he flared for landing the aircraft touched down hard and bounced into the air. He initiated a go-around. During the go-around the aircraft drifted to the left of the runway and appeared to be in line to collide with a cluster of vehicles. To avoid hitting the vehicles he reduced the engine power to idle and landed the aircraft in the grass area adjacent to the runway. On touchdown the aircraft's nose gear collapsed.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6159Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6159Q-1995-06-26), registration cancelled 1995-06-26, S/N 15285176 (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: 15285176
- Airframe hours: 11982
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Cavair, Inc.
- Registered owner: Executive Pilot Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special); Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 3, 1994, 20 hours before
- Airport: FXE, Ft. Lauderdale Executive, runway 8, 6,001 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FXE, 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 19940608019929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940608019929A), Jun 8, 1994: Cessna 152, Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. First solo flight. Bounced. Began go around drifted off runway. Landed in grass to avoid vehicles. Collapsed nose gear

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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