Cessna 172K accident near Sarasota, FL
On March 9, 2000, a Cessna 172K (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sarasota, FL. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 9, 2000
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172K · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 27.399°N, 82.529°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20686
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 9, 2000, about 1035 eastern standard time, [NOTE 1] a Cessna 172K, N79960, registered to Sarasota Flying Club, Inc., and operating as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight, and a Cessna 152, N89827, registered to Cirrus Aviation, Inc., and operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, collided during takeoff on runway 14 at the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ), Sarasota, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. No flight plans were filed, nor were they required to be. The airline transport-rated pilot and pilot-rated passenger on board N79960 were killed, and the commercial-rated flight instructor and student pilot on board N89827 were killed. Both airplanes were destroyed. At 1024:46, the pilot of N89827, which was at the Dolphin Aviation ramp, [NOTE 2] called the SRQ ground control/clearance delivery controller (GC) requesting a visual flight rules (VFR) departure. At 1025:24, the GC instructed N89827 to taxi to runway 14. N89827 proceeded to runway 14 via taxiway A. As the GC issued the taxi instructions to N89827, he was relieved by the supervisor/ground controller (SGC), who prepared a flight progress strip for N89827 indicating that the airplane was instructed to taxi to the end of runway 14 and passed it to the local controller (LC). The GC then provided a relief briefing to the SGC and left the tower cab. At 1025:46, the pilot of N52553, a Cessna 172, called for an instrument flight rules (IFR) clearance. At 1025:56, the pilot of N5287V, a Cessna Cutlass, transmitted the
Probable cause
The failure of the supervisor/ground controller and the local controller to provide effective separation between the accident airplanes on the runway, resulting in a collision during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot and pilot-rated passenger on board N79960 to ensure that the runway was clear of traffic before taxiing onto the runway. Also contributing to the acci
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
