- Date
- May 11, 1993, 07:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ochopee, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9985VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930511015349A
- Case key
- 33267
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor judgement in attempting the takeoff from the parking ramp when a 12,000-FT runway was available.
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
In order to save time, the pilot attempted a takeoff from the 1,200-FT long parking ramp instead of the available 12,000-FT long runway. The airplane was equipped with a cruise propeller that will not develope full RPM during takeoff. The takeoff run was aborted, and the airplane overran the ramp coming to rest in water and muck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9985V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 64603
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Wyatt Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Wyatt Aviation Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1993
- Departed
- TNT
- Destination
- TNT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TNT · Dade Collier
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 800 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 14 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.