# Accident 20150626021919A: Cessna 172N, Tampa, FL, June 26, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2015, 13:15 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0140° N, 82.3453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA EXEC (VDF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0140&lon=-82.3453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739FQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739FQ-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150626021919A

## Narrative

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

AS REPORTED IN THE FAA FORM 8020-9, DATED 06/26/2015, AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT PRELIMINARY NOTICE, AIRCRAFT  N739FQ A CESSNA C172N CRASHED AT TAMPA BAY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (VDF). UPON ARRIVING AT VDF, THE FAA IIC FOUND THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RELOCATED OFF THE RUNWAY.

THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT AND THE OPERATING PILOT WAS NOT ON SCENE.  PILOT WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE BUT SHE REFUSED AS PER HER ATTORNEY TO SUBMIT ANY STATEMENT TO FAA AND/OR THE NTSB.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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