# Accident 20080507836259A: Cessna 172S, Miami, FL, May 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Kendall-Tamiami Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: D4RS
- Location: 25.4992° N, 80.5569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4992&lon=-80.5569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N513JG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N513JG-2011-07-05) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080507836259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR) WAS TRAINING STUDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT PILOT) WITH A SHORT APPROACH MANEUVER AT THE HOMESTEAD AIRPORT, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A GUST OF WIND CAUSING LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR TO HIT THE GROUND HARD. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, POWER WAS ADDED AND FLIGHT CONTINUED TO TAMIAMI AIRPORT WHERE A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. DUE TO THE LACK OF VISIBILITY (APPROXIMATELY 20:30 HRS) NO DAMAGE WAS PERCEIVED. AIRCRAFT WAS TIED DOWN AFTER PARKING. DAMAGE WAS NOTICED NEXT DAY BY A DIFFERENT FLIGHT CREW.

## 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 NYC08CA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA187), May 7, 2008: Cessna 172SP (N513JG), Homestead, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action.

## Other reports on N513JG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050913020379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050913020379A), Sep 13, 2005: Cessna 172S (N513JG), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] stated in his statement, that on September 13, 2005, after completion of his instrument check ride, he departed Tamiami…

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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