# Accident 20110905019639A: Cessna 172S, Bemidji, MN, September 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2011, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bemidji, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 47.5100° N, 94.9356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5100&lon=-94.9356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N548ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N548ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA624](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA624) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110905019639A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  A HARD LANDING WAS MADE ON THE FIRST LEG AT BJI, THE STUDENT CONTINUED TO FOSSTON, MN AND RETURNED TO GFK WHERE A 2ND HARD LANDING OCCURED.  MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO 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 CEN11CA624](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA624), Sep 5, 2011: Cessna 172S (N548ND), Bemidji, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N548ND (1)

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

- [Accident 20120710014209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120710014209A), Jul 10, 2012: Cessna 172S (N548ND), Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing, flared late causing hard landing causing structural damage to engine firewall. Student pilot certificate:# [privacy data omitted]

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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