- Date
- May 28, 1999, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9561BCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990528017949A
- Case key
- 46398
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident occurred during landing. After touchdown, the airplane began to shake and tried to turn to the right. The pilot stated that he tried to maintain directional control without success. The airplane departed the right side of the runway and struck two runway signs. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot.
Factual narrative
On May 28, 1999, at 1015, eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172RG, N9561B, veered off the right side of runway 9C and collided with two runway signs at the Orlando Sanford International Airport in Orlando, Florida. The instructional flight was operated by Comair Aviation Academy under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the commercial pilot was not injured. The flight initially departed Orlando, Florida, at 0730.
According to the Director of Training, the pilot was enrolled in an approved flight training program for foreign students, and was conducting solo training as part of that program. The pilot reported that he had received a landing clearance and the landing gear was down and locked. According to the pilot, after touchdown, the airplane began to "shake and tried to turn to the right." The pilot stated that he tried to maintain directional control, but the airplane veered off the right side of the runway into the grass and the collided with two runway signs.
The examination of the accident site disclosed that the airplane departed the right side of the runway after landing and struck two runway signs. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9561B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0881
- Airframe hours
- 9,209
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Comair Aviation Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1999 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- SFB
- Airport
- SFB · Orlando Sanford, runway 9C, 3,578 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 47 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFB, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.