- Date
- December 23, 1986, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N737ZBCessna 172N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861223081839A
- Case key
- 31840
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Analysis
Two ldg attempts were made at the physician plt's private arpt but were abandoned due to strong shifting violent winds. The plt later stated the last thing he remembered was seeing 500 ft on the altimeter & telling himself 'to get up & out of there' the acft collided with a tree & the plt found himself sitting on the grnd outside the acft. The wx forecast called for thndrstrms to be in the area at the time of the after sunset accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737ZB
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269792
- Airframe hours
- 2,442
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Betty B. Hood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1986
- Departed
- SPG · St Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- 61X · Sarasota, FL
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,805 total · 2,366 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 10 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.