# Accident 20030126001329A: Cessna 182R, Everglades, FL, January 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2003, 11:06 local time
- Place: Everglades, FL
- Airport: Everglades Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 25.8486° N, 81.3900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8486&lon=-81.3900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9973H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 20 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03CA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030126001329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT MR. JUAN PABLO MARTINEZ GUTIERREZ AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT MEL ROBLES STATED IN THEIR STATEMENTS, THAT ON JANUARY 26, 2003, APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M., LOCAL TIME, MR. MARTINEZ WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO AT EVERGLADES CITY AIRPORT. IN HIS THIRD TOUCH DOWN ATTEMPT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE BLEW UP, FORCING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN LEFT AND OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHING INTO THE BRUSHES OFF RUNWAY 33.

## 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 MIA03CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03CA053), Jan 26, 2003: Cessna 182R (N9973H), Everglades City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: student pilot's improper use of the brakes at the landing touchdown which caused the left main landing gear tire to burst, resulting in the student and certified flight instructor pilots not being…

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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