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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Panama City, FL · September 7, 2026

Date: September 7, 2026 · 10:59 local
Place: Panama City, FL
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N734NM
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA26LA342
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,467 total

N734NMRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17268984 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Panama City, FL (ecp): privacy data omitted, C172, experienced an engine issue after departing runway 34. Aircraft landed off runway on airport property and struck a runway sequence light bar before coming to stop in a retention pond.

As the FAA filed it

PANAMA CITY, FL (ECP): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, C172, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE ISSUE AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 34. AIRCRAFT LANDED OFF RUNWAY ON AIRPORT PROPERTY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY SEQUENCE LIGHT BAR BEFORE COMING TO STOP IN A RETENTION POND.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA26LA342Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportPanama City, FLOn September 7, 2026, about 1059 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N airplane, N734NM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Panama City, Florida. The student pilot and flight instructor were not injured. The airplane was…Sep 7, 2026 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N734NM · 1

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

Incident 20020803021199IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Tallahassee, FL(-23) Mr. Ronald jarmon acted as pilot in command of N734NM while on a landing on runway 27 at Tallahassee regional airport (tlh). During the touchdown and landing roll, the aircraft overran the prepared surface of the runway and continued into the grass area…Aug 3, 2002