Cessna 172R N2630B

Summary

On 7 April 2014 at about 22:38 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N2630B, operated by Phoenix East Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 April 2014 at 22:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Daytona Beach International (DAB)

Coordinates

29.1800, -81.0581

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N2630B

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

1

Operator

Phoenix East Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Daytona Beach → Daytona Beach

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ERA14CA184

Nobody was injured.

The inadvertent encounter with a microburst during taxi from landing that resulted in the aircraft being turned over inverted and receiving substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the flight instructor, he was taxing back to the ramp after landing when he was told to hold short on the taxiway due to a micro burst alert. As the airplane was coming to a stop, the winds flipped the airplane over inverted, and it resulted in substantial damage to both wings and the vertical stabilizer. According the ground controller, the surface winds were sustained at 48 knots with gusts as high as 64 knots. The flight instructor reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.