# NTSB MIA88LA270: Cessna 172, N7048A, Panacea, FL, September 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 21, 1988, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Panacea, FL
- Coordinates: 30.030006, -84.379081 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0300&lon=-84.3791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32237
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA270
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32237/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA270

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - raising of flaps - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7048A-1991-01-29), registration cancelled 1991-01-29, S/N 29148 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29148
- Airframe hours: 3874
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880921039609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880921039609A), Sep 21, 1988: Cessna 172, Panacea, FL, Destroyed. High and fast approach. Initiated go around. Added full power. Inadvertently retracted flaps. Crashed into trees.

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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