# Accident 19930412019749A: Cessna 172N, Immokalee, FL, April 12, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1993, 13:00 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4240° N, 81.4216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Immokalee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4240&lon=-81.4216&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6542J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6542J-2013-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930412019749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BORED WITH TRAINING MANEUVERS DESCENDED TO A LOW ALTITUDE. STRUCK WIRES. REMAINED ALOFT. TOP TAIL FIN SHEARED OFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA93LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA132), Apr 12, 1993: Cessna 172N (N6542J), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE DECISION OF THE PILOT TO BUZZ AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT.

## Other reports on N6542J (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021013036009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021013036009A), Oct 13, 2002: Cessna 172N (N6542J), Pompano Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Inspectors statement: on 10/13/02 at about 16:30 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N6542J, registered to American flyers flight school crashed into…
- [Accident 19960421008049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960421008049A), Apr 21, 1996: Cessna 172N (N6542J), Dekalb, IL, Substantial damage. Bounced landing. Began go around CFI cut power as 172 veered off runway. Hit iron pole 500FT off runway. (-23) no narrative.
- [Incident 19840506039229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840506039229I), May 6, 1984: Cessna 172N (N6542J), Chicago, IL. Student allowed aircraft to veer off the runway on the landing roll.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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