20110504010359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Pembroke Pines, FL · May 4, 2011

Date
May 4, 2011 · 19:35 local
Place
Pembroke Pines, FL
Airport
North Perry
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
Y7IS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2434T
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA286
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
13 total13 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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On may 4, 2011, privacy data omitted, a student pilot, was practicing touch and go landings on runway 9L at the hollywood/North Perry Airport (hwo). When during his third touch and go attempt he felt the aircraft begin to pull to the left, he applied right rudder to counter the left turning tendency, upon acceleration after applying power privacy data omitted felt the aircraft tail going hard to the right, so he aborted the take-off he followed the emergency checklist (mixture-idle cut-off, throttle to idle and magneto's off). privacy data omitted Stated that he attempted to avoid obstacles until the aircraft came to a stop left of runway 9L in between the runway and the parallel taxiway. It was then he noticed that the nose gear had collapsed. The nose gear had impacted an electrical access stand pipe which caused the nose gear to collapse. No injuries were incurred.privacy data omitted Had accumulated 13 total flight hours prior to this flight and had been endorsed for his first solo flight on may 4, 2011 by privacy data omitted, flight instructor certificate privacy data omitted. There is extensive damage to the firewall of the aircraft as the nose gear upper attach brackets were torn out, causing two large holes in the firewall. The nose gear lower attach point was pushed back and upward causing the lower firewall to be crushed severely. The propeller has one blade bent backward and is gouged the opposite blade appeared undamaged. The lower engine cowling and exhaust sustained damage as well as the fuselage aft of the firewall.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 4, 2011, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT PILOT, WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 9L AT THE HOLLYWOOD/NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO). WHEN DURING HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO ATTEMPT HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO PULL TO THE LEFT, HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO COUNTER THE LEFT TURNING TENDENCY, UPON ACCELERATION AFTER APPLYING POWER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FELT THE AIRCRAFT TAIL GOING HARD TO THE RIGHT, SO HE ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF HE FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST (MIXTURE-IDLE CUT-OFF, THROTTLE TO IDLE AND MAGNETO'S OFF). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO AVOID OBSTACLES UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP LEFT OF RUNWAY 9L IN BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. IT WAS THEN HE NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED. THE NOSE GEAR HAD IMPACTED AN ELECTRICAL ACCESS STAND PIPE WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD ACCUMULATED 13 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT AND HAD BEEN ENDORSED FOR HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT ON MAY 4, 2011 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THERE IS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS THE NOSE GEAR UPPER ATTACH BRACKETS WERE TORN OUT, CAUSING TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE FIREWALL. THE NOSE GEAR LOWER ATTACH POINT WAS PUSHED BACK AND UPWARD CAUSING THE LOWER FIREWALL TO BE CRUSHED SEVERELY. THE PROPELLER HAS ONE BLADE BENT BACKWARD AND IS GOUGED THE OPPOSITE BLADE APPEARED UNDAMAGED. THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND EXHAUST SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS WELL AS THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE FIREWALL.

NTSB investigation

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