- Date
- April 9, 1987, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Big Pine Key, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6328DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870409011969A
- Case key
- 31894
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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 plt stated that during cruise flt the eng began to run rough. He then attempted to solve the problem to no avail. Unable to maintain alt he elected to land the acft on a road. While taxiing, both wings collided with street signs. Post crash examination of the acft revealed no evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6328D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272718
- Airframe hours
- 3,896
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Savco Flying
- Registered owner
- Protect All Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 14, 1987 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- EYW · Key West, FL
- Destination
- HWO · Hollywood, 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 24 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.
Other investigations on N6328D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.