# Accident 20100330036599A: Cessna 172S, Sarasota, FL, March 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2010, 15:10 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3906° N, 82.5525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3906&lon=-82.5525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21394, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21394) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100330036599A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STARTED ON HIS SOLO CROSS FLIGHT TO SEBRING, FLORIDA.  WHEN HE LEVELED OFF AT 3,500 FEET MSL HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO SARASOTA, FLORIDA BECAUSE OF TURBULENCE.  WHILE ON APPROXIMATELY A MILE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32, ATC INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO BREAK OFF THE APPROACH TO THE NORTH AND ENTER A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 22, AS A FALCON JET BEHIND HIM WAS OVERTAKING.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOLLOWED ATC INSTRUCTIONS AND WAS TOO HIGH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22.  ATC INSTRUCTED HIM TO MAKE A LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AND THEN VECTORED HIM BACK TO THE DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 32.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND STARTED TO PORPOISE.  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSEWHEEL OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ATC INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT CFR WAS ON THE WAY AND FOR HIM TO REMAIN IN THE AIRPLANE.   NO FIRE. NO INJURIES.

## 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 ERA10CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA200), Mar 30, 2010: Cessna 172 (N21394), Sarasota, 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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