20001104032849A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Inverness, FL · November 4, 2000

Date
November 4, 2000 · 15:00 local
Place
Inverness, FL
Airport
Inverness Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54729
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA01LA024
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
59 total59 in this make and model59 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Investigation found the pilot landed the airplane on runway 19 part way down the runway the a/c departed the runway to the right at about 30 degree angel. The a/c traveled through the grass and went through a small depression in the ground. Shortly after the a/c nose wheel dug into the ground and the a/c flipped upside down. The damage to the a/c is substantially damaged and the student pilot was not injured. (.4) on November 4, 2000, about 1500 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172P, N54729, registered to airline training academy, inc., operating as a title 14 CFR part 91 instructional flight, crashed while attempting a landing at the Inverness Airport, Inverness, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured, and the airplane received substantial damage. The flight originated from orlando's executive airport about 1 hour 14 minutes before the accident. According to the student, he made two balked landing go-arounds because he thought he was too fast. His third landing attempt resulted in a bounced landing and an excursion off the right side of the runwa y. a depression in the grass area caused the propeller to dig in, and the airplane sustained a nose over. According to an FAA inspector, the pilot landed the airplane on runway 19 at Inverness and departed the runway to the right at about a 30-degree angle. A depression in the ground caused the nose landing gear to dig in, and the airplane flipped upside down. The airplane received substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 19 PART WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY THE A/C DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AT ABOUT 30 DEGREE ANGEL. THE A/C TRAVELED THROUGH THE GRASS AND WENT THROUGH A SMALL DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND. SHORTLY AFTER THE A/C NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE A/C FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE DAMAGE TO THE A/C IS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. (.4) ON NOVEMBER 4, 2000, ABOUT 1500 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172P, N54729, REGISTERED TO AIRLINE TRAINING ACADEMY, INC., OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT THE INVERNESS AIRPORT, INVERNESS, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ORLANDO'S EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ABOUT 1 HOUR 14 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, HE MADE TWO BALKED LANDING GO-AROUNDS BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS TOO FAST. HIS THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT RESULTED IN A BOUNCED LANDING AND AN EXCURSION OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWA Y. A DEPRESSION IN THE GRASS AREA CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO DIG IN, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED A NOSE OVER. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 19 AT INVERNESS AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AT ABOUT A 30-DEGREE ANGLE. A DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO DIG IN, AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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