ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368646
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| Date: | Sunday 4 June 1989 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Eagle Aviation |
| Registration: | N6013E |
| MSN: | 17271983 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1775 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cedar Key, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sanford, FL (KSFB) |
| Cedar Key, FL (KCDK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS & HE MADE 2 TAKEOFFS & LDGS AT HIS HOME ARPT BEFORE DEPARTING FOR CDK. DURING THE 1 HR 20 MIN FLT, THE PLT STATED THE ACFT OPERATED NORMALLY. AT CKD, HE STATED THE WIND SOCK WAS LIMP, SO HE LANDED ON RWY 23. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT BEGAN TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT, SO HE EXECUTED A GO-ARND. ON THE NEXT LDG, A SIMILAR SWERVE OCCURRED, BUT THE PLT DID NOT ARREST THE SWERVE PRIOR TO THE ACFT LEAVING THE RWY & HITTING A TREE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING, WHEELS & BRAKES WERE EXAMINED & NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MALFUNCTIONS WERE NOTED. PRELIM REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE ACFT, & IT WAS FLOWN BACK TO ITS HOME BASE BY ANOTHER PLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA89LA170
History of this aircraft
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| 19 April 2017 | N6013E | How Inc | 0 | Gulf of Mexico offshore Yankeetown, Levy County, FL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Mar-2024 20:40 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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