20110914020649A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Naples, FL · September 14, 2011

Date
September 14, 2011 · 11:10 local
Place
Naples, FL
Airport
Naples Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
OFPS
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N10632
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA490
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Student, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total125 in this make and model53 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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The pilot performed an improper flare to landing. This resulted in the aircrafts nose tire to make the first contact with the runway. The improper landing procedure induced a porposing action of the aircraft. After the third bounce on the runway the pilot applied full power with incificiant rudder inputs. Causing the aircraft to depart the runway to the left, proceding through a drainage ditch and impacting an embackment prior to coming to a stop on taxi way bravo.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT PERFORMED AN IMPROPER FLARE TO LANDING. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFTS NOSE TIRE TO MAKE THE FIRST CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE IMPROPER LANDING PROCEDURE INDUCED A PORPOSING ACTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE THIRD BOUNCE ON THE RUNWAY THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER WITH INCIFICIANT RUDDER INPUTS. CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, PROCEDING THROUGH A DRAINAGE DITCH AND IMPACTING AN EMBACKMENT PRIOR TO COMING TO A STOP ON TAXI WAY BRAVO.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N10632 · 1

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