- Date
- October 8, 1983, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Mccoy, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6511ECessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831008055749A
- Case key
- 31048
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
About 10 min after departing ft Mccoy, FL, the plt realized he had forgotten his flt bag, so he returned to land at the airstrip. During the landing, the acft floated, & after touching down, there was insufficient rwy remaining to safely stop or go around. Before stopping, the acft continued off the strip & the right wing struck a tree. The plt reported that the wind was light & variable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6511E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56011
- Airframe hours
- 2,587
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-C, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bob R. Chivers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 8, 1983 · 36 hours before
- Destination
- OCF · Ocala, FL
- Airport
- Ft. Mccoy, runway 36, 1,000 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 132 total · 36 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 30 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.