Plane Crash List

Cessna 172P N89989

15 September 1985 · Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 September 1985 at about 18:45 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N89989, operated by Topp of Tampa, Inc., was involved in an accident near Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Topp of Jampa (X39)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N89989
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Topp of Tampa, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Wesley Chapel → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA85LA255

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE RATED PRIVATE PLT WAS RECEIVED A CHECK OUT IN THE ACFT BY A CFI. THE PLT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY ON THE RWY AS THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 070 DEGS AT 13 KNTS. THE RWY BEING USED WAS RWY 32. A 20 DEG RIGHT X-WIND TAILWIND CONDITION EXISTED. ON THE 4TH TOUCH & GO,THE ACFT LEFT THE RWY TO THE RIGHT & FLIPPED OVER. FULL FLAPS HAD BEEN USED ON ALL LANDINGS.THE PLT STATED THE HE THOUGHT THE X-WIND LIMITATIONS OF THE ACFT COULD HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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