Cessna 172N accident near Deerfield Beach, FL
On June 17, 2003, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Deerfield Beach, FL. 5 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 17, 2003
- Place
- Deerfield Beach, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 26.300°N, 80.050°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030625X00951
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 17, 2003, about 1951 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N4903F, registered to and operated by Gulfstream Academy of Aeronautics, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, and a Cessna 182Q, N759XA, registered to and operated by Flying Double Eagle Inc., as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collided while in cruise flight, over the Atlantic ocean, about 300 yards east of the Deerfield Beach pier, Deerfield Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plans were filed for either flight. Both airplanes were destroyed, and the private-rated pilot and two passengers on N4903F, as well as the commercial-rated pilot and one passenger on N759XA received fatal injuries. The Cessna 172's flight originated at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the same day, about 1835, and the Cessna 182's flight originated at the Fort lauderdale international Airport, (FLL), about 1940. During the minutes preceding, and up to the time of the accident, N4903F, the Cessna 172, had been following the shoreline southbound. N759XA, the Cessna 182, was proceeding northbound. The Cessna 172 had departed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport about 1835, and it had proceeded toward Stuart Airport, north of Palm Beach International Airport (PBI). The pilot had contacted PBI Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) for authorization and for radar advisory service, and was assigned a transponder code of 0205. At 1919:51, the pilot of the Cessna 172 advised PBI TRACON that he was going to proceed over the coast and return
Probable cause
**This case was revised 6/10/2005 and 2/24/2016. Refer to the public docket for this accident for details.** The failure of the pilot of N4903F, the Cessna 172, and the pilot of N759XA, the Cessna 182, to see and avoid each other while operating in Class E airspace, resulting in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the lack of traffic information being provided to the pilot of the
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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.
