# Accident 20080215857849A: Cessna 172S, Orlando, FL, February 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2008, 11:11 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4381° N, 81.3147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4381&lon=-81.3147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618VT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N618VT-2008-09-04) (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: 81 total, 80 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080215857849A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 15, 2008, AT 111EST, A CESSNA 172S, N618VT, REGISTERED TO EIGHT VICTOR TANGO LLC, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AND PROP STRIKE WHILE LANDING AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER A PART 91 CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LEESBURG, FL ON FEBRUARY 15, 2008 AT 1020 HOURS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE AICRAFT BOUNCED THE SECOND TIME, SHE LOST CONTROL OF IT.

## 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 MIA08CA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA056), Feb 15, 2008: Cessna 172S (N618VT), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate 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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