# Accident 20010721023249A: Cessna 172R, Ormond Beach, FL, July 21, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 21, 2001, 15:30 local time - Place: Ormond Beach, FL - Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1136° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1136&mi=10 - Aircraft: N448ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N448ER) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R - Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA089) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721023249A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) DURING STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST SOLO FLIGHT, STUDENT FAILED TO RECOVER FROM PORPOISE OSCILLATIONS INDUCED DURING UNSATISFACTORY LANDING. AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR STRUCK RUNWAY, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND AIRCRAFT FIREWALL. (.4) ON JULY 21, 2001, AT 1530 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172R, N448ER, REGISTERED TO BCC EQUIPMENT LEASING CORP. AND OPERATED BY EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING A BOUNCED LANDING AT ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA. THE INSTRUCTIONAL (SOLO) FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE STUDENT PILOT UNDER PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, AT 1515. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, SHE AND A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) HAD FLOWN TO A NEARBY AIRPORT TO PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. AFTER FIVE TRIPS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE STUDENT TAXIED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RAMP, AND THE INSTRUCT OR GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE. AFTER A SHORT BRIEFING, THE STUDENT TAXIED BACK TO THE RUNWAY ALONE FOR HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. THE CFI OBSERVED THE FLIGHT FROM APPROXIMATELY100-150 YARDS. THE STUDENT PILOT PERFORMED TWO SATISFACTORY LANDINGS, BUT ON THE THIRD ATTEMPTED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES. ON THE LAST BOUNCE, THE PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, AS WELL AS THE NOSE GEAR AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIREWALL. OFFICIAL WEATHER DATA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT REPORTED WINDS FROM 060 AT 9 KNOTS. THE CFI REPORTED WEATHER AS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WITH A WIND AT FIVE KNOTS, STRAIGHT DOWN RUNWAY 08. THE STUDENT REPORTED A WIND FROM THE LEFT, FOLLOWED BY A HORIZONTAL WIND SHIFT INTO A CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, SHE OVERCOMPENSATED FOR THE CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION, DISTRACTING HER FROM THE LANDING AND RESULTING IN A LATE FLARE. THE STUDENT CITED "INEXPERIENCE" AS A FACTOR IN HER HARD LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT DID NOT REPORT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE AIRPLANE. ## 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 ATL01LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA089), Jul 21, 2001: Cessna 172R (N448ER), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilots improper flare, and improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was the student pilot's lack of total experience. ## Other reports on N448ER (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20010626015189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010626015189I), Jun 26, 2001: Cessna 172R (N448ER), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23)While taxing onto runway 7L at dayton Beach international airport, dayton Beach Florida, CE-172, N488ER, struck the rudder of CE-172, N470ER. CE-172,… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.