- Date
- July 30, 1999, 07:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pierson, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9880VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990730045959A
- Case key
- 46953
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Probable cause
the flight instructor's (pilot in command) failure to achieve the proper touch down point, his improper decision to continue the touch and go, and failure to abort the takeoff in sufficient time, resulting in the aircraft overrunning the runway and colliding with trees.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was conducting dual flight instruction and had just completed a short field landing, continued the rollout, and transitioned to a soft field take off, when he noticed the engine was not producing full power and he felt he was not going to make it. The pilot further stated that there was a lack of acceleration so he aborted the takeoff, but the wheels locked on the wet grass and the aircraft overan the runway. Examination by an FAA inspector after the accident showed that the airplane landed long, with about 1,300 feet of the 2,800 foot turf runway remaining. Postcrash running of the engine by the FAA inspector revealed that the engine developed power in accordance with the Cessna pilot operating handbook, and showed no defects.
Factual narrative
On July 30, 1999, about 0745 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N9880V, registered and operated by Aviation Training Associates, crashed after the commercial-rated flight instructor aborted a soft field takeoff from Pierson Municipal Airport, Pierson, Florida, while on Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. There were no injuries and the flight originated from Sanford Airport, Sanford, Florida, the same day, about 0630.
The flight instructor stated that he was conducting dual flight instruction. They had just completed a short field landing, continuing to a soft field takeoff when he noticed that the engine was not producing full power. According to the pilot, there was a lack of rpm and acceleration and he realized they were not going to make it, so he aborted the soft field takeoff. The wheels then locked on the wet grass, and the aircraft overan the runway, damaging the nose gear and firewall, along with the wings when the aircraft collided with trees.
Examination by an FAA inspector after the accident showed that the aircraft landed long, with about 1,300 feet of the 2,800-foot turf runway remaining. Postcrash running of the engine by the FAA inspector revealed that the engine developed power in accordance with the Cessna pilot operating handbook at all parameters including full power, and showed no defects.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9880V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269593
- Airframe hours
- 3,486
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Training Associates, doing business as Aviation Training Associates
- Registered owner
- B.G. Chipmunks Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 8, 1999 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Destination
- SFB · Sanford, FL
- Airport
- 2J8 · Pierson Municipal Airport, runway 5, 2,600 × 200 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
- 23
- 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
- 450 total · 370 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 20 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 N9880V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.