# Accident 20021017027759A: Cessna 172M, Miami, FL, October 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2002, 16:34 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9500° N, 80.4167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9500&lon=-80.4167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N903WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N903WA-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021017027759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR BOUNCED ON LANDING, LOSING CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN STALL, AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN HARD, BREAKING OFF NOSE GEAR AND SLEWING AROUND DAMAGING BOTH WINGS AND FUSELAGE, PROP AND ENGINE. (.19) ON OCTOBER 17 AT 1634 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172, N903WA, REGISTERED TO WAYMAN AVIATION SERVICES INC., COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT AT THE OPA LOCKA AIRPORT IN OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE EXACT DEPARTURE TIME FROM OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA, WAS NOT DETERMINED. ACCORDING TO THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, HE AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE CONDUCTING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. THEY HAD COMPLETED THREE TOUCH-AND-GO PROCEDURES AND WERE ON THE FOURTH TAKEOFF WHEN THE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 ATL03LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA005), Oct 17, 2002: Cessna 172 (N903WA), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot' inadequate evaluation of weather information, and the selection of the wrong runway that resulted in an attempted takeoff with a tailwind and the subsequent loss of control during takeoff.

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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