- Date
- February 11, 1990, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N98673Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900211020309A
- Case key
- 32625
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane after the right main gear contacted a tie down hole, which resulted in a collision with the hangar.
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 student plt was taxiing from landing to the company ramp, while another company plt was taxiing out. She stated that she maneuvered her acft to the rgt & the rgt main landing gear traveled into a tie down hole. At that time, the acft veered to the rgt & collided with a hangar. According to the plt of the other acft, the taxi speed of the acdnt acft was a 'little fast.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98673
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276332
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- American Flyers
- Airport
- FXE · Ft Lauderdale Executive
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE
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 N98673 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.