Cessna 172 accident near Indiantown, FL
On March 13, 2008, a Cessna 172 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Indiantown, FL. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 13, 2008
- Place
- Indiantown, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 27.167°N, 80.600°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080321X00349
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 13, 2008, at 0900 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N284SP, operated by Kemper Aviation Incorporated, was substantially damaged when it impacted flat terrain in Indiantown, Florida. The certificated airline transport pilot and three passengers were killed. The aerial observation flight departed Okeechobee County Airport (OBE), Okeechobee, Florida, at 0802 and was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The operator’s dispatch records revealed that the pilot was scheduled to embark one passenger at Palm Beach County Airpark, West Palm Beach, Florida, at 0630, and subsequently embark two additional passengers at OBE. About 0900, a witness reported observing the airplane make multiple passes over cattle pastures near Indiantown. During one of the passes, at an estimated altitude of 200 to 250 feet above ground level (agl), the witness observed the nose of the airplane drop. The airplane then banked to the right with an accompanying increase in engine noise, and descended into the ground. Handheld global positioning systems (GPS), Garmin GPSMAP 295, and Garmin GPSMAP 76, were recovered from the airplane. The GPS units were sent to the National Transportation Safety Board Office of Research and Engineering for data extraction. The data revealed that on the day of the accident, the airplane departed OBE at 0802 and flew southeast along the shore of Lake Okeechobee at a GPS altitude of 500 ft mean sea level (msl) (about 470 ft agl). Startin
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the overweight condition of the airplane and the inoperative stall warning horn.
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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.
