# Accident 19981106035359A: Cessna 172N, Ft Lauderdale, FL, November 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1998, 21:11 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1908° N, 80.1698° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1908&lon=-80.1698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1901S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1901S-1999-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 180 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981106035359A

## Narrative

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

DID ONE ILS ON R/W 8 AT FXE. DID TOUCH AND GO ON R/W 26. ON CLIMB OUT, HAD NO FLAP CONTROL. STATED HE HAD A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM (AT SCENE FLAP CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED) AND HE NEEDED TO LAND. AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON US HIGHWAY 441, SOUTH OF COMMERCIAL BLVD IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FL.. STRUCK ONE AUTOMOBILE AND ONE CONCRETE LIGHT POLE ON WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY AS IT LANDED, GOING SOUTH. A/C FLAP IND SHOWED 10 DEGREE FLAP POSITION AT SIGHT. AIRCRAFT HAD NO BURNING SMELL, NO FLAGS ON INDICATOR (ENGINE) PILOT ADMITTED NO WEIGHT AND BALANCE WAS PERFORMED BEFORE FLIGHT. (.4) THE FLIGHT DEPARTED, PERFORMED AIRWORK, THEN EXECUTED A PRACTICE ILS APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 2,000 FEET DOWN THE 6,001 FOOT LONG RUNWAY WITH THE FLAPS FULLY EXTENDED, THE PILOT-RATED STUDENT PERFORMED A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING AND PLACED THE FLAP SELECTOR TO THE `UP' POSITION. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND CLIMBED TO ABOUT 100 FEET WHERE WHILE FLYING NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE CFI NOTED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS NOT INCREASING. ONE OF THE REAR SEAT OCCUPANTS ADVISED HIM THAT THE FLAPS FAILED TO RETRACT AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, THE CFI MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE FOR A FORCED         LANDING ON A ROAD. WHILE FLARING FOR LANDING, THE LEFT ELEVATOR CONTACTED THE ROOF OF A VEHICLE. THE AIRPLANE THEN TOUCHED DOWN, COLLIDED WITH A LIGHT POLE, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE FLAP CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED; NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR FLAP MALFUNCTION. THE FLAPS WERE DETERMINED TO BE FULLY EXTENDED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS ABOUT 39 POUNDS OVER GROSS WEIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA99LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA030), Nov 7, 1998: Cessna 172N (N1901S), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to note that the flaps did not retract while the pilot-rated student performed a touch-and-go landing on a 6,001 foot-long runway. Factors in the accident were the…

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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