# NTSB ERA14CA184: Cessna 172R, N2630B, Daytona Beach, FL, April 7, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 7, 2014, 18:38 local (22:38 UTC)
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 29.18, -81.058052 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1800&lon=-81.0581&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-from runway: Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2014
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89020
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14CA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89020/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89020
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA184

## Probable cause

The inadvertent encounter with a microburst during taxi from landing that resulted in the aircraft being turned over inverted and receiving substantial damage.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Attain/maintain not possible (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md)
- [Wind: microburst](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034050): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034050/cases.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034050/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi-from runway: Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172R, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390/sequence.md?model=2072401), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the flight instructor, he was taxing back to the ramp after landing when he was told to hold short on the taxiway due to a micro burst alert. As the airplane was coming to a stop, the winds flipped the airplane over inverted, and it resulted in substantial damage to both wings and the vertical stabilizer. According the ground controller, the surface winds were sustained at 48 knots with gusts as high as 64 knots. The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

According to the flight instructor, he was taxing back to the ramp after landing when he was told to hold short on the taxiway due to a micro burst alert. As the airplane was coming to a stop, the winds flipped the airplane over inverted, and it resulted in substantial damage to both wings and the vertical stabilizer. According the ground controller, the surface winds were sustained at 48 knots with gusts as high as 64 knots. The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2630B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2630B-2014-09-17), registration cancelled 2014-09-17, S/N 17280665, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Registry model: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17280665
- Year built: 1999
- Airframe hours: 10319
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Phoenix East Aviation LLC
- Registered owner: Bravo Leasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 4, 2014
- Departed: DAB, Daytona Beach, FL
- Destination: DAB, Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: DAB, Daytona Beach International
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 23; injuries: none; flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 13, 2014; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 634 total, 305 in this make and model, 369 as pilot in command, 182 in the last 90 days, 72 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours
- Student pilot; age 22; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 14, 2014; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: variable at 6 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 13,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.84 inHg
- Observed at: DAB

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20140407004269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140407004269A), Apr 7, 2014: Cessna 172R, Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. On April 7, 2014, at approximately 1830 N2630B, operating under phoenix one four (PX14), landed in dab on runway 25L and was taxing back on taxiway whiskey to…

## Other investigations on N2630B (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 MIA00LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA086), Feb 7, 2000: Cessna 172R (N2630B), Olive Branch, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing and the subsequent collision with a taxiway sign and collapsed right main landing gear.

## Docket (7 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 25, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89020. 6.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413615&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Daytona Beach Airport (DAB) report (item 2, .PDF, 544 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413616&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Daytona%20Beach%20Airport%20(DAB)%20report-Redacted.PDF
- Student pilot statement (item 3, .PDF, 112 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413618&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Student%20pilot%20statement-Master.PDF
- Photo 1 – View of Main Wreckage (Photo Courtesy of DAB) (item 4, .PDF, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413619&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20%E2%80%93%20View%20of%20Main%20Wreckage%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20DAB)%0D%0A-Master.PDF
- Photo 2 – View of Left wing buckled (Photo Courtesy of DAB) (item 5, .PDF, 976 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413620&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20%E2%80%93%20View%20of%20Left%20wing%20buckled%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20DAB)%0D%0A-Master.PDF
- Photo 3- View of Vertical stabilizer buckled (Photo Courtesy of DAB) (item 6, .PDF, 891 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413621&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203-%20View%20of%20Vertical%20stabilizer%20buckled%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20DAB)%0D%0A-Master.PDF
- Photo 4: View of right wing tip buckled (Photo Courtesy of DAB) (item 7, .PDF, 538 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413622&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%204%3A%20View%20of%20right%20wing%20tip%20buckled%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20DAB)%0D%0A-Master.PDF

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.

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