# Accident 20021231038629A: Cessna 172F, Naked Lady Ranc, FL, December 31, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Naked Lady Ranc, FL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2367° N, 80.5617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2367&lon=-80.5617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5338R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5338R-2005-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 347 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021231038629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT DEPARTED DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA FOR NAKED LADY RANCH (A PRIVATE AIRPORT, LOCATED 5 MILES SW OF STUART, FLORIDA). PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM DAYTONA CHRIS FLUM (AS PIC, AND CFI) RECEIVED AN ENROUTE WEATHER BRIEF. PURPOSE OF THIS FLIGHT WAS TO VISIT FRIENDS (AT THE PRIVATE AIRPORT) FOR THE HOLIDAY, AND PROVIDE PILOT INSTRUCTION TO STUDENT PILOT PETER CAMERON. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES FROM NAKED LADY RANCH AIRPORT CHRIS FLUM CONTACTED STEWART ATIS FOR WEATHER INFORMATION, WHICH WAS WINDS 160 12-15 (DOES NOT REMEMBER GUST COMPONENT). FLIGHT LINED UP WITH RUNWAY 18. UP TO THIS POINT STUDENT PILOT WAS AT THE CONTROLS. JUST OVER END OF RUNWAY AIRCRAFT ENTERED A DOWN DRAFT. CHRIS FLUM TOOK OVER CONTROLS, APPLIED FULL ENGINE POWER (EVIDENCED BY PROPELLER BLADES BENT BACKWARDS), AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE, AND VEER TO THE LEFT WHERE IT CAME TO REST BETWEEN TWO TREES ON ITS LEFT SIDE. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL/DESTROYED DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, WING TO FUSELAGE ATTACH AREAS ALONG WITH FUSELAGE BENT AFT OF PASSENGER CABIN. THREE PERSONS ON BOARD CHRISTOPHER FLUM PIC/CFI, PETER CAMERON STUDENT PILOT, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ PASSENGER. AIRCRAFT MOVED TO ANDERSON RESIDENCE.

## 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 ATL03LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA028), Dec 31, 2002: Cessna 172F (N5338R), Stuart, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inflight encounter with wind shear on final approach, which resulted in an inflight loss of control and subequent uncontrolled descent into trees.

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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