- Date
- July 29, 1992, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Valkaria, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89900Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920729028089A
- Case key
- 33116
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Probable cause
Excessive airspeed on final approach by the pilot in command resulting in failure to attain the proper touchdown point and running off the runway colliding with a tree.
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
While on final apch with 10 degrees of flaps extended, the plt maintained 80 knots. After touchdown about midfield, he applied the brakes but the airplane travelled off the rwy, collided with a tree, & came to rest. Postaccident exam of the brake sys by the director of maintenance revealed no evidence of failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89900
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276016
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Int'L Airline Crew Training
- Registered owner
- Gulf Aircraft Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 7, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- X59
- Airport
- X59 · Valkaria, runway 27, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 96 in this make and model · 212 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLB, 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.
Other investigations on N89900 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.