# Accident 20160903014869A: Cessna 172N, Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0467° N, 80.0619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0467&lon=-80.0619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6091E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6091E-2019-11-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 795 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA309) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160903014869A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CESSNA C-172N, N6091E WITH TWO PRIVATE PILOTS DEPARTED POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK AIRPORT (PMP) TO OCEAN REEF CLUB AIRPORT (OCA) APPROACHING FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FLL) FROM THE NORTHEAST, EAST OF FLL A STORM CELL OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION, N6091E ENTERED THE PRECIPITATION AND MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN BACK NORTH BOUND, FLL LOSS COMMUNICATION AND RADAR ON THE N6091E. N6091E CRASHED IN ATLANTIC OCEAN. BOTH PILOTS DIED IN ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA16FA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA309), Sep 3, 2016: Cessna 172 (N6091E), Hollywood, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight weather planning, which resulted in continued flight into a thunderstorm and a subsequent loss of airplane control.

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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