# NTSB MIA87LA090: Cessna 172M, N12198, Cedar Key, FL, February 20, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 20, 1987, 17:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Coordinates: 29.139383, -83.029998 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1394&lon=-83.0300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31858
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31858/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA090

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, go-around (vfr)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - water,glassy

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND AFTER LANDING FAST, DUE TO A TAIL WIND THAT WAS STRONGER THAT ANTICIPATED. UNABLE TO CLIMB, THE ACFT WAS THEN BLOWN OFF THE RWY, COLLIDED WITH TREES, & CAME TO REST IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12198](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12198-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N 17261879, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17261879
- Airframe hours: 4475
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John A. Quimby
- Registered owner: Mid-Continental Guaranty Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 18, 1986, 35 hours before
- Departed: OCF, OCALA, FL
- Airport: CDK, George T. Lewis, runway 23, 3,400 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 246 total, 110 in this make and model, 246 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 27 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 19870220032439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870220032439A), Feb 20, 1987: Cessna 172M, Cedar Key, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck trees during go around from a downwind landing. Dusk conditions caused pilot to misjudge winds.

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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