# Accident 20110728016379A: Cessna 172M, Pahokee, FL, July 28, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2011, 12:17 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach Co Glades
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7919° N, 80.7019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7919&lon=-80.7019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1443U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1443U-2012-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 221 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA429](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA429) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110728016379A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 28, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 EST, N1443U REGISTERED TO ATP AIRCRAFT LLC DEPARTED RUWNAY 17 AT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT (PHK) IN PAHOKEE, FLORIDA DESTINED FOR FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA ON A ROUTINE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. ON CLIMBOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 500 ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ELECTED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN BACK TO THE PAHOKEE AIRPORT IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON RUNWAY 35.THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO HIGH AND FAST TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35 AND OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY. DUE TO OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF RUNWAY 35, THE INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO TURN TO THE LEFT TOWARDS LAKE OKEECHOBEE, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE PAHOKEE AIRPORT, AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LAKE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LAKE APPROXIMATELY 250 YARDS OFF SHORE AND FLIPPED OVER. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND SWAM TOWARDS THE FLOATING WRECKAGE WHERE THEY WAITED ON TOP TO BE RESCUED. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY RESCUED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND RELEASED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD NO INJURIES AND WAS RELEASED. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS REMOVED FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE ON JULY 29,2011 BY AIR & SEA RECOVERY AND RELOCATED TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES AIRPORT (PHK).

## 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 ERA11LA429](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA429), Jul 28, 2011: Cessna 172M (N1443U), Pahokee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's misjudgment of the airplane's position and airspeed relative to the runway while returning to the airport after a partial loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident…

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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