20051019025229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Bunnell, FL · October 19, 2005

Date
October 19, 2005 · 08:00 local
Place
Bunnell, FL
Airport
Flagler County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
IHMS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2621U
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
25 total25 in this make and model25 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) While attempting to land on runway 29 at Flagler County Airport Florida, student pilot overshot runway and touched down with less than half of the runway remaining. Student pilot turned off the landing lights, turned the transponder to stand-by, and ensured the flaps were down before applying brakes to stop the aircraft, near the end of the runway. The aircraft exited the runway environment crashing into a pond approximately 500 feet past runway 29, on a heading of 310. Aircraft sustained minor damage to right wing tip and engine cowlings. Propeller struck grass then surface of the water. Nose gear mount to engine firewall was torn from firewall and firewall shows signs of deformation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 29 AT FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT FLORIDA, STUDENT PILOT OVERSHOT RUNWAY AND TOUCHED DOWN WITH LESS THAN HALF OF THE RUNWAY REMAINING. STUDENT PILOT TURNED OFF THE LANDING LIGHTS, TURNED THE TRANSPONDER TO STAND-BY, AND ENSURED THE FLAPS WERE DOWN BEFORE APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT, NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT CRASHING INTO A POND APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET PAST RUNWAY 29, ON A HEADING OF 310. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP AND ENGINE COWLINGS. PROPELLER STRUCK GRASS THEN SURFACE OF THE WATER. NOSE GEAR MOUNT TO ENGINE FIREWALL WAS TORN FROM FIREWALL AND FIREWALL SHOWS SIGNS OF DEFORMATION.