# Accident 20091104051029A: Cessna 172S, Tallahassee, FL, November 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2009, 19:20 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3964° N, 84.3503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3964&lon=-84.3503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5194X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5194X-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091104051029A

## Narrative

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

RESPONDED TO AN ACCIDENT OF A CESSNA 172 N5194X SERIAL # 172S9085 AT TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT (TLH) ON NOV 5, 2009. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 36 AND WAS ON HIS DOWN WIND LEG. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND STRUCK SEVERAL TREES AND CRASH LANDED IN NEAR BY WOODS. NTSB INVESTIGATOR ON SEEN WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CESSNA REP WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND LYCOMMONG ENGINE REP WAS PRESENT ALSO.

## 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 ERA10FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA048), Nov 5, 2009: Cessna 172S (N5194X), Tallahassee, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots' spatial disorientation during flight in dark conditions, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent into 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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