# Accident 20110407007339A: Cessna 172R, Fort Pierce, FL, April 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2011, 09:10 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702GR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702GR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 104 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110407007339A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT FORT PIERCE AIRPORT, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FIREWALL.  STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUED CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY OTHER PERSONNEL REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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