19990528017949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172RG · Orlando, FL · May 28, 1999

Date
May 28, 1999 · 10:15 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Sanford Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9561B
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL99LA097
Reported as
Cessna 172RG
Reported engine
Lycoming O360F1A6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

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

(.4)On may 28, 1999, at 1015 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172RG, N9561B, veered off the right side of runway 9C and collided with two runway signs at the Orlando Sanford international airport in Orlando, Florida. The instructional flight was operated by comair aviation academy under the provisions of title 14 CFR part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the commercial pilot was not injured. The flight initially departed Orlando, Florida, at 0730. According to the director of training, the pilot was enrolled in an approved flight training program for foreign students, and was conducting solo training as part of that program. The pilot reported that he had received a landing clearance and the landing gear was down and locked. According to the pilot, after touchdown, the airplane began to "shake and tried to turn to the right." The pilot stated that he tried to maintain directional control, but the airplane veered off the right side of the runway into the grass and the collided with two runway signs. The examination of the accident site disclosed that the airplane depa arted the right side of the runway after landing and struck two ruwnay signs. No mechancial problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot. (-23)on may 28, 1999 at 1010 EST, a Cessna 172RG, N9561B, operated by comair training academy, and piloted by privacy data omitted, lost directional control, and went off the right side of the ruwnay during a landing at the Sanford airport near Sanford, Florida. The aircraft collided with two runway signs causing the right main landing gear to collapse, thus causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The solo pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight plan had been filed. The pilot, privacy data omitted the solo flight originated at the Sanford airport on may 28, 1999 at 0900 EST.

As the FAA filed it

(.4)ON MAY 28, 1999, AT 1015 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172RG, N9561B, VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 9C AND COLLIDED WITH TWO RUNWAY SIGNS AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT INITIALLY DEPARTED ORLANDO, FLORIDA, AT 0730. ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR OF TRAINING, THE PILOT WAS ENROLLED IN AN APPROVED FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS, AND WAS CONDUCTING SOLO TRAINING AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A LANDING CLEARANCE AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO "SHAKE AND TRIED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT." THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, BUT THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND THE COLLIDED WITH TWO RUNWAY SIGNS. THE EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE DISCLOSED THAT THE AIRPLANE DEPA ARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING AND STRUCK TWO RUWNAY SIGNS. NO MECHANCIAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT. (-23)ON MAY 28, 1999 AT 1010 EST, A CESSNA 172RG, N9561B, OPERATED BY COMAIR TRAINING ACADEMY, AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUWNAY DURING A LANDING AT THE SANFORD AIRPORT NEAR SANFORD, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TWO RUNWAY SIGNS CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE, THUS CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE SOLO PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE SOLO FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE SANFORD AIRPORT ON MAY 28, 1999 AT 0900 EST.

NTSB investigation

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