# NTSB MIA85LA255: Cessna 172P, N89989, Wesley Chapel, FL, September 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1985, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Wesley Chapel, FL
- Location: 28.2213° N, 82.3746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK (X39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2213&lon=-82.3746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31451
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA255
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31451/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA255

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - planning/decision - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89989-2018-09-14), registration cancelled 2018-09-14, S/N 17276019, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1726019
- Airframe hours: 923
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850915047299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850915047299A), Sep 15, 1985: Cessna 172P, Wesley Chapel, FL, Substantial damage. Went off runway side, hit a ditch and nosed over on landing roll. Wind was from 20 degrees aft of the right wing.

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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