# Accident 20110214002529A: Cessna 172H, Plattsburgh, NY, February 14, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2011, 12:15 local time
- Place: Plattsburgh, NY
- Airport: Plattsburgh International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 44.6511° N, 73.4681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6511&lon=-73.4681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2593L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2593L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,350 total, 610 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110214002529A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DEPARTED BTV WITH THE INTENTION OF PRACTICING TAKEOFF'S AND LANDINGS AT PBG. UPON APPROACHING PBG AND LISTENING TO THE ASOS, THE CFI KNEW THE WIND WOULD BE A STRONG CROSSWIND BUT STILL MANAGEABLE FOR TAKEOFF AND LANDING PRACTICE.THE FIRST LANDING WAS POOR SO THE CFI DECEIDED TO PRACTICE AILERON AND RUDDER COORDINATION ALONG THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. DURING THIS PRACTICE THE STUDENT OPERATED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND THROTTLE. AT SOME POINT IN THE PROCEDURE THE STUDENT DID NOT APPLY ENOUGH POWER TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT HEIGHT ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL BUT DID NOT SUCCEED BEFORE THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THENBOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE CFI WAS NOW IN FULL CONTROL, HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP.

## 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 ERA11CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA144), Feb 14, 2011: Cessna 172H (N2593L), Plattsburgh, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control during the landing flare in gusting wind conditions and the certified flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

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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