# Accident 20050502010819A: Cessna 172S, Clearwater, FL, May 2, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2005, 09:00 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9728° N, 82.7553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9728&lon=-82.7553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66113, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66113-2010-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 82 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050502010819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 02, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 EDT, A CESSNA 172S, N66113, REGISTERED TO CLEARWATER AIRPARK, INC. SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT CLEARWATER AIRPARK IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CLEARWATER AIRPARK EARLIER THE SAME DAY.

## 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 MIA05CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA121), May 2, 2005: Cessna 172SP (N66113), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.

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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