Cessna 172M N9558V

Summary

On 15 May 1983 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N9558V was involved in an accident near Arcadia, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 May 1983 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Arcadia, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Arcardia Municipal (X06)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N9558V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83LA142

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT ON HIS APPROACH TO LAND, HIS SPEED WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL & THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WELL PAST THE NORMAL TOUCHDOWN POINT. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE FLAPS WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND DUE TO A BATTERY PROBLEM. WITNESSES REPORTED THE FLAPS WERE IN THE 10 TO 15 DEG RANGE. REPORTEDLY, THE FLAPS OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT WHEN NO AIR LOADS WERE PRESENT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE UP TO 5 KTS. THE 1455 EDT WIND AT THE SARASOTA/BRADENTON ARPT WAS FROM 190 DEG AT 10 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.