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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Fort Pierce, FL · May 3, 2011

Date: May 3, 2011 · 13:00 local
Place: Fort Pierce, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N88EP
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA11CA284
Reported as: Cessna 172P
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 49 total49 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

N88EPRegistration cancelled May 6, 2019 · Cessna 172PS/N 17276538 · Built 1986 Airframe modelCessna 172P Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Pilot training in question. Investigation as to whether they are trained how to decide whether to put in on the go around or go around. Pilot, on landing lost control of the aircraft, committed a hard landing in stuart asphalt burn on one blade and bent the other, bent the steering control linkage, nose gear bracket, bent the firewall, and wrinkled the fuselage. Sustained substantial damage. Recommend 44709.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TRAINING IN QUESTION. INVESTIGATION AS TO WHETHER THEY ARE TRAINED HOW TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PUT IN ON THE GO AROUND OR GO AROUND. PILOT, ON LANDING LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, COMMITTED A HARD LANDING IN STUART ASPHALT BURN ON ONE BLADE AND BENT THE OTHER, BENT THE STEERING CONTROL LINKAGE, NOSE GEAR BRACKET, BENT THE FIREWALL, AND WRINKLED THE FUSELAGE. SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. RECOMMEND 44709.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ERA11CA284Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportStuart, FLThe student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.May 3, 2011 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N88EP · 2

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

Incident 20100223004899ILanding: Touchdown · Fort Pierce, FLCounseling by CFI [privacy data omitted] CFI61.87(b) and 61.87(d) recorded by insp. Meadows and brady. Student performed hard landing damaging the nose gear assembly, slight buckle of firewall and crinkle of fuselage behind rear windscreen.Feb 23, 2010 · Minor damage Incident 20090915050481IGround/Ramp/Ma · Stuart, FLStudent pilot was taxing a Cessna 172 on the Stuart jet center ramp after completing a solo x-country from fpr to sua. The 172'S right wing tip contacted the rudder trim tab of a parked Cessna 421 causing a scuff mark on the 172'S wing tip and minor damage to…Sep 15, 2009 · Minor damage