20030618015459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Melbourne, FL · June 18, 2003

Date
June 18, 2003 · 09:44 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Airport
Melbourne Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N53352
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA03CA125
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
85 total5 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) During landing on runway 27L at mlb, pilot bounced, then lost control departing the runway to the right side, hit a ditch and came to rest in the inverted position.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 27L AT MLB, PILOT BOUNCED, THEN LOST CONTROL DEPARTING THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE, HIT A DITCH AND CAME TO REST IN THE INVERTED POSITION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.