19880410008139A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Vero Beach, FL · April 10, 1988

Date
April 10, 1988 · 15:18 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Airport
New Hibiscus Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6283F
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88FA142
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
109 total27 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Veered on quartering downwind landing. Began go around. Drifted, clipped tree tops and hit a tree. Flaps full down.

As the FAA filed it

VEERED ON QUARTERING DOWNWIND LANDING. BEGAN GO AROUND. DRIFTED, CLIPPED TREE TOPS AND HIT A TREE. FLAPS FULL DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.