# Accident 20100609038069A: Cessna 172S, New Smyrna Beac, FL, June 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2010, 15:18 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: EPXS
- Location: 29.0556° N, 80.9489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0556&lon=-80.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62568, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62568-2022-07-16) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,420 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA326) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100609038069A

## Narrative

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

WHILE FLARING TO LAND AIRCRAFT HIT NOSE GEAR FIRST. WRINKLING FIREWALL AND BLOWING NOSE WHEEL TIRE.

## 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 ERA10CA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA326), Jun 9, 2010: Cessna 172 (N62568), New Smyrna Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

## Other reports on N62568 (1)

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

- [Accident 20210514004409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210514004409A), May 14, 2021: Cessna 172S (N62568), Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed Daytona Beach International Airport, (kdab) at approximately 10AM for an instructional flight. The instructor (CFI) was in the right seat…

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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