# Accident 20060407006889A: Cessna 172M, Vero Beach, FL, April 7, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2006, 19:10 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6500° N, 80.4178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6500&lon=-80.4178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64425, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64425-2008-05-12) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 42 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060407006889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 6, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1910 EDT, A CESSNA 172, N64425, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING IN A CROSSWIND ON RUNWAY 11R AT VERO BEACH, FLORIDA. THE AIRPLANE TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 275 FEET IN THE GRASS AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED BUT NOT ACTIVATED. THE PILOT AND HIS 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, NEAR FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, ON APRIL 7, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1810EDT.

## 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 MIA06CA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA083), Apr 7, 2006: Cessna 172M (N64425), Vero Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while executing a go-around in gusty conditions which resulted in the airplane veering off the runway, colliding with a ditch and nosing over.

## Other reports on N64425 (1)

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

- [Accident 19930227003919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930227003919A), Feb 27, 1993: Cessna 172M (N64425), Grain Valley, MO, Substantial damage. Left wheel caught snow pile on edge of runway. Rotated into snowbank 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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