# Accident 20110504010359A: Cessna 172R, Pembroke Pines, FL, May 4, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2011, 19:35 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Airport: North Perry
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Y7IS
- Location: 26.0011° N, 80.2406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0011&lon=-80.2406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2434T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110504010359A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA11CA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA286), May 4, 2011: Cessna 172R (N2434T), Hollywood, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a touch-and-go landing.

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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