# Accident 20030225008619A: Cessna 172P, Osteen, FL, February 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2003, 17:53 local time
- Place: Osteen, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8247° N, 81.0186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8247&lon=-81.0186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97890, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97890-2005-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030225008619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SANFORD FL. ATCT REPORTED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT N97890 DEPARTED SANFORD FL. RUNWAY 97 AS CALL SIGN AVION 280 AT 17:34 EST AND REQUESTED A FREQUENCY CHANGE. AT 17:37EST SANFORD FL. ATCT CALLED BACK TO AVION 280 TO APPROVE THE FREQUENCY CHANGE AND AVION 280 DID NOT RESPOND. THE USAF REPORTED AN ELT IN OSTEEN FL. AT 17:53EST. AN NTSB AND FAA POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF PREEXISTING MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THIS ACCIDENT AS INTENTIONAL BY THE PIC.

## 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 MIA03FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA066), Feb 25, 2003: Cessna 172P (N97890), Osteen, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The intentional suicidal act by the pilot-in-command resulting in the in-flight collision with trees then the ground.

## Other reports on N97890 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880916041399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880916041399A), Sep 16, 1988: Cessna 172P (N97890), Greeley, CO, Substantial damage. Strong crosswind on first solo pushed aircraft to edge of runway, got a wheel into mud and nosed over.

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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