# Accident 20040221013709A: Cessna 172P, Tampa, FL, February 21, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Topp Of Tampa Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2214° N, 82.3744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2214&lon=-82.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N612CB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040221013709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 21, 2004, AT 1330 EST, A CESSNA 172, N612CB, REGISTERED TO HELICOPTER STRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AT TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK, LUTZ, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE STUDENT PILOT DID NOT INCUR ANY INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK ON FEBRUARY 21, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 EST.

## 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 ANC04LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA029), Feb 21, 2004: Cessna 172P (N612CB), Lutz, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear.

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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