# Accident 20150417005439A: Cessna 172P, Sebastian, FL, April 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2015, 17:50 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Airport: Sebastian Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8133° N, 80.4956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8133&lon=-80.4956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66090, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66090) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,168 total, 715 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150417005439A

## Narrative

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

THE INSTRUMENT-RATED, COMMERCIAL PILOT OF THE CESSNA 172 REPORTED THAT HE AND A PASSENGER TOOK OFF IN CLEAR SKIES FOR AN EARLY MORNING TRIP FROM DELAND AIRPORT (DED) TO MARATHON AIRPORT, FLORIDA (MTH). THE FLIGHT FROM DELAND TO MARATHON FLORIDA WENT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

THE DEPARTURE FROM MARATHON FLORIDA TO SEBASTIAN (X26) WAS STARTED AFTER A 45 MIN BREAK. THERE WAS NO FUEL PURCHASED AT MARATHON, FLORIDA.  THE PASSENGER NOTED THE HOBBS METER READ 3.8 HOURS FROM DELAND, FLORIDA (DED) TO THEIR STOP IN MARATHON, FLORIDA (MTH). ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THERE WAS COMMUNICATION AND TALK WITH THE PASSENGER ON BOARD ABOUT THE LOW FUEL IN THE TANKS.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WHEN HE ARRIVED AT SEBASTIAN (X26) THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN USING LEFT TRAFFIC FOR ANOTHER RUNWAY. THE PILOT MONITORED THAT AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING RIGHT TRAFFIC PATTERN PROCEDURES AND WAS NUMBER TWO BEHIND THE LANDING AIRCRAFT. AT THAT POINT, THE FLAPS WERE DEPLOYED TO 10 DEGREES. THE PILOT SAID HE LANDED WITH ONLY 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS WHEN HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED WITH THE LOW FUEL SITUATION AND THE AIRPLANE TRAFFIC HE WAS FOLLOWING. THE CESSNA 172 TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LAST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY 10. THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED, VEERED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND INTO A PERIMETER FENCE WHICH IS 480 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

THE VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS SHOWS THERE WAS NO FUEL VISIBLE IN THE FILLER OPENINGS. THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGE HE LANDED WITH ONLY 10 DEGREE OF FLAPS. THE PILOT NOTED TO THE POLICE OFFICER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO WAS ASSISTING ON THE SCENE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW ON FUEL AND STARTED TO SHOW SIGNS OF GIVING OUT PRIOR TO THE LANDING.

## 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 ERA15CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA196), Apr 17, 2015: Cessna 172P (N66090), Sebastian, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged airspeed and glidepath, which resulted in a landing area overshoot and runway excursion.

## Other reports on N66090 (3)

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

- [Accident 20190909020779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190909020779A), Sep 9, 2019: Cessna 172P (N66090), Deland, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot was conducting a supervised solo flight. While landing the aircraft touched down on nose wheel and began to poipose. After several bounces the…
- [Accident 19871003058769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871003058769A), Oct 3, 1987: Cessna 172P (N66090), Hilton Head, SC, Substantial damage. Student made a crosswind landing. Bounced. Drifted left. Aircraft landed on grass. Hit a small ditch. Nosed over.
- [Incident 19850310022269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850310022269I), Mar 10, 1985: Cessna 172P (N66090), Block Island, RI, Minor damage. Bounced several times on touchdown. Propeller struck runway and aircraft stopped off side of runway.

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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