ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296490
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| Date: | Friday 25 October 2002 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Rexair Sales And Leasing, LLC |
| Registration: | N267EP |
| MSN: | 17270560 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11956 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sebring, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sebring Regional Airport, FL (SEF/KSEF) |
| Naples Airport, FL (APF/KAPF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses stated that during the takeoff on runway 36, the airplane yawed to the left, and they observed what appeared to them to be a premature, nose high rotation. They said the nose rose high in the air and the airplane climbed to about 50 or 60 feet, and then the nose of the airplane abruptly fell, while simultaneously turning to the left. The airplane initially hit the ground with the left wing, followed by the propeller/nose and then the right wing in a sort of a cartwheel motion. It came to rest positioned with the tail up, on its main wheels facing south. An FAA inspector who responded to the accident stated that post crash examination of the airplane revealed that the elevator trim had been set to a "nose-down" position, and the flaps were extended about 10 degrees. The inspector noted no anomalies with the accident airplane.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's premature rotation and failure to maintain airspeed during the takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, an uncontrolled descent, and an impact with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA03LA008
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 07:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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