# NTSB MIA86LA204: Cessna 172H, N1448F, Kissimmee, FL, July 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1986, 11:35 local (15:35 UTC)
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Location: 28.3062° N, 81.4135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kissimmee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3062&lon=-81.4135&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA204
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31669/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA204

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT HE INITIATED A FLT AROUND THE PATTERN, BUT STALLED THE ACFT DURING THE APCH TO LAND. THE ACFT CRASHED OUTSIDE THE ARPT BOUNDRY, JUST SHORT OF THE RWY. PRIOR TO THE FLT, A MECHANIC, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE ACFT, TOLD THE PLT THAT THE ANNUAL INSPN HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED & NOT TO FLY THE PLANE. THE MECHANIC ALSO NOTED THAT THE PLT HAD BEEN DRINKING. A TEST OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.25%.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1448F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1448F-2012-07-06), registration cancelled 2012-07-06, S/N 17254943, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17254943
- Airframe hours: 2250
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harvey C. Chapman
- Registered owner: Larry L. Chapman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1986
- Airport: 1SM, Kissimmee Muni, runway 15, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 700 total, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLO, 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 19860711032029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860711032029A), Jul 11, 1986: Cessna 172H, Kissimmee, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit the ground short of the runway. Annual inspection incomplete,no STC for auto fuel. Pilot was drinking.

## Other investigations on N1448F (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 MIA72AM034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72AM034), Oct 10, 1971: Cessna 172H (N1448F), Fitzgerald, GA, minor damage, 1 fatal

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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