Cessna 172N accident near Bunnell, FL
On March 6, 2002, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bunnell, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 6, 2002
- Place
- Bunnell, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 29.464°N, 81.212°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041123X01861
Official records · MIA02FA066
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 6, 2002, about 1125 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172N, N75908, registered to, and operated by Aerial Messages Inc., as a title 14 CFR Part 91 banner towing flight, crashed in Bunnell, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot, and one commercial-rated passenger received fatal injuries, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight had originated from Bunnell, Florida, the same day, about 1100. Witnesses stated that the accident airplane had just dropped a banner, and was being maneuvered from base to final, to execute a landing on runway 06, and that the pilot made a radio communications transmission stating that aileron control had been lost. According to one witness, the pilot of the accident airplane was heard stating, "mayday, mayday, mayday, ... this is an actual emergency...clear the runway at Flagler, I have no control of my ailerons." The witness further stated that at the time of the radio communications transmission, the airplane was observed at an altitude of about 200 to 300 feet, in about a 30-degree bank to the left. The witness further stated that the bank angle continued to increase as the airplane got closer to the ground, and it continued its descent, disappearing from sight behind the tree line. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held a FAA commercial pilot certificate with airplane single and multiengine land and instrument airplane privileges and private pilot privileges for single engine sea. The pilot also held a FAA second-class medical certifica
Probable cause
Inadequate maintenance inspection of the airplane by comapny maintenance personnel which resulted in corrosion in an aileron control cable going undetected, failure of the aileron control cable, and impact with terrain following loss of control of the airplane.
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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.
