- Date
- September 21, 1988, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Panacea, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7048ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880921039609A
- Case key
- 32237
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Raising of flaps - improper use ofCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The pilot stated that while attempting a go-around he inadvertently selected all flaps up and the aircraft crashed into the trees at the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7048A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29148
- Airframe hours
- 3,874
- Engine
- Continental O-300-C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Betty L. Tidwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Airport
- 2JO · Panacea, runway 18, 2,900 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 122 total · 12 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 8 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.