20231207017049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Zephyrhills, FL · December 7, 2023

Date
December 7, 2023 · 12:49 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Airport
Zephyrhills Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N906KS
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA059
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Video obtained from the Zephyrhills, FL city clerks office showing surveillance of the fueling facility at the Zephyrhills airport shows the accident aircraft climbing on departure, stalling and performing a left wing over. The aircraft impacted the ground outside of the airport fence adjacent to a road. There is no current evidence of another aircraft being involved as verbally reported by airport tennants who were not available to give witness statements or the ADS-B out data received.

Pilot (instructor) unable to give statement due to his injuries and inability to communicate. When contacted by the NTSB, the student could not remember and desired not to give a statement.

As the FAA filed it

VIDEO OBTAINED FROM THE ZEPHYRHILLS, FL CITY CLERKS OFFICE SHOWING SURVEILLANCE OF THE FUELING FACILITY AT THE ZEPHYRHILLS AIRPORT SHOWS THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT CLIMBING ON DEPARTURE, STALLING AND PERFORMING A LEFT WING OVER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT FENCE ADJACENT TO A ROAD. THERE IS NO CURRENT EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT BEING INVOLVED AS VERBALLY REPORTED BY AIRPORT TENNANTS WHO WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO GIVE WITNESS STATEMENTS OR THE ADS-B OUT DATA RECEIVED.

PILOT (INSTRUCTOR) UNABLE TO GIVE STATEMENT DUE TO HIS INJURIES AND INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE. WHEN CONTACTED BY THE NTSB, THE STUDENT COULD NOT REMEMBER AND DESIRED NOT TO GIVE A STATEMENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.