Cessna 172P N92ER

Summary

On 4 July 1985 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N92ER was involved in an accident near Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 July 1985 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Daytona Beach (DAB)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N92ER

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Daytona Beach → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA85LA206

1 person had minor injuries.

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 STUDENT PLT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AFTER MAKING A LOCAL SOLO TRAINING FLT. HE STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING PATTERN, HE REDUCED THE THE THROTTLE INCREMENTALLY & DID NOT USE CARBURETOR HEAT. AS THE ACFT WAS ON FINAL APCH AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL, THE PROPELLER SLOWED DOWN & THE ACFT'S RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED RAPIDLY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD & WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE TEMP & DEW POINT WERE 87 & 65 DEG, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, SERIOUS CARBURETOR ICING WAS PROBABLE AT GLIDE POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.