# Accident 20000513006829A: Cessna 172H, Mesquite, TX, May 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Phil L Hudson Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7591° N, 96.5891° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7591&lon=-96.5891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2440L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2440L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513006829A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) EXPLAINATION OF BLOCK 35. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FROM THE ACCIDNET LOCATION OF KHQZ TO KTKI PRIOR TO FAA NOTIFICATION.  FAA "ON SCENE" WAS LIMITED TO EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT KTKI, AFTER THE AICRCRAFT WAS MOVED AND NOT WHERE THE ACCIDNET OCCURED.  ON MAY 13, 2000, THE 14 CFR PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT, WITHA CFI AND STUDNET PILOT, ORIGINATED FROM KTKI AND PROGESSED TO KHQZ WHERE PRATICE TOUCH AND GO LANDIGNS WERE PERFORMED.  DURING A LANDING, CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.  AS A RESULT, THE FIREWALL AND AJOINING FUSELAGE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE CFI STATED HE PERFORMED A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT DID NOTNOTICE ANY DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW00LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA148), May 13, 2000: Cessna 172H (N2440L), Mesquite, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot during the landing.

## Other reports on N2440L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19961127036799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961127036799A), Nov 27, 1996: Cessna 172H (N2440L), Hammond, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft had engine problems, landed in a field and struck a building on roll out. (-23) the airplane was approaching the Hammond airport when it experienced a…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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