# Accident 20140316004309A: Cessna 500, Zephyrhills, FL, March 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2609° N, 82.1295° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2609&lon=-82.1295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125DS-2018-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140316004309A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 16, 2014, A CESSNA 500, N125DS, REGISTERED TO JJ AERONAUTICS, INC. LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 AT ZEPHYRHILLS FLORIDA (ZPH) AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND NO ONE ON BOARD WAS INJURED.

## 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 ERA14LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA159), Mar 16, 2014: Cessna 500 (N125DS), Zephyrhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots' inadequate in-flight planning and improper selection of runway 36 for landing, which resulted in a significant quartering tailwind during the landing, exceedance of the airplane's braking…

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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