Cessna 172P N66090
17 April 2015 · Sebastian, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 April 2015 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N66090, operated by Deland Aviation, was involved in an accident near Sebastian, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sebastian, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sebastian Municipal Airport (X26)
- Coordinates
- 27.8133, -80.4956
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P
- Registration
- N66090
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1983
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Deland Aviation
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Marathon → Sebastian
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA15CA196
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged airspeed and glidepath, which resulted in a landing area overshoot and runway excursion.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that due to other traffic ahead in the airport traffic pattern, he purposely entered a high right base leg for runway 10, a 3,199-foot-long asphalt runway. The airplane remained high during the approach and the pilot attempted to land on the last one-half of the runway; however, the airplane was also too fast as the pilot had selected only 10 degrees of flap extension. The airplane subsequently touched down near the end of the runway, traveled over an approximate 500-foot grass area beyond the end of the runway, and struck a fence before coming to rest upright. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the firewall. The inspector did not observe any preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane, nor did the pilot report any. The recorded wind near the accident site, about the time of the accident, was from 040 degrees at 7 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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