# Accident 20011218037459A: Cessna 172M, New Smyrna Beac, FL, December 18, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2001, 19:30 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0556° N, 80.9483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0556&lon=-80.9483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9882V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9882V-2015-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011218037459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NEW SMYRNA BEACH AIRPORT, RUNWAY 29, AFTER FULL STOP LANDING. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ALTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SHAKING AND STALLED. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND IN GRASSY AREA SOUTH OF RUNWAY 24, APPROXIMATELY 500 YARDS WEST OF RUNWAY 29 CENTERLINE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING NORTH. THE PILOT AND TWO MALE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, THE LONE FEMALE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED VERY HEAVY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED AT A VERY STEEP NOSE DOWN ANGLE WITH VERY LITTLE FORWARD MOTION. SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS ON THE GROUND INDICATED THAT THEY HEARD THE ENGINE RUNNING AT IMPACT. THE PILOT DOES NOT RECALL ANY DETAILS 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 MIA02LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA046), Dec 19, 2001: Cessna 172M (N9882V), New Smyrna Bch, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed, during initial climb out, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent impact with the terrain.

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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