- Date
- September 15, 1985, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wesley Chapel, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89989Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850915047299A
- Case key
- 31451
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The rated private plt was received a check out in the acft by a CFI. The plt was having difficulty on the rwy as the winds were reported as 070 degs at 13 knts. The rwy being used was rwy 32. A 20 deg right x-wind tailwind condition existed. On the 4th touch & go,the acft left the rwy to the right & flipped over. Full flaps had been used on all landings. The plt stated the he thought the x-wind limitations of the acft could have been exceeded.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89989
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1726019
- Airframe hours
- 923
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Topp Of Tampa,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cecil S. Harrell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 3, 1985 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- X39 · Wesley Chapel, FL
- Airport
- X39 · Topp Of Jampa, runway 32, 3,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 986 total · 101 in this make and model · 756 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 20 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.