What happened
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On may 11, 2012 at approximately 0945 local time, FSDO-19 received notification of an accident at Immokalee airport that had occurred at approximately 0920 local time. The morning of the accident, flight instructor privacy data omitted and student pilot privacy data omitted left fort lauderdale executive airport in C-172R N5253B, with the intention of doing a dual cross country, with supervised solo practice at Immokalee airport. They departed at approximately 07:00AM. Upon arriving at Immokalee, according to both flight instructor and student statements, they listened to the airport AWOS and heard the winds were calm. They chose runway 27 for landing practice because there was another aircraft in the pattern on that runway. That aircraft departed the pattern soon afterward. After three practice landings with the instructor aboard, the student privacy data omitted, was allowed to practice solo touch and go landings in the pattern with his instructor privacy data omitted watching from a vantage point on the left side of the runway in the grass, not FAR from a closed, unused runway at the airport. After the eighth or ninth landing and takeoff, the student was on final approach when a transitioning helicopter made a radio transmission that he was crossing overhead, along the closed intersecting runway. privacy data omitted Stated that he felt he needed to answer back that he had the traffic in sight. He landed without incident but according to his written statement, "I waited for the airplane to be stable, but I pushed full throttle before bringing up the flaps, the airplane started to drift to the left side of the runway."tire skid marks on the runway indicate that the aircraft's nose was pointed parallel to the runway, while the direction of travel was sideways off the left side. According to both pilot and instructor statements, the aircraft went into the grass left wheel first, then hit the left wingtip which began a cartwheel. Ground scarring and aircraft damage is consistent with nose and propeller impact with the ground, and also right wing damage. Broken red nav light plastic under the left wing where the airplane came to rest suggests that the left wing hit a second time before the airplane came to rest, right side up. Propeller damage is consistent with a low power setting, and the student's statement concurs that "I pulled out the throttle and held the yoke until the airplane stopped" after he realized that he was going off the runway. The aircraft came to rest approximately 30-40 feet from where it departed the runway, off the left side of runway 27. The firewall was wrinkled, the engine and compartment had shifted right of centerline of the aircraft from the cart-wheeling. Both wingtips were damaged, with the left wing more so than the right. The impact from the left wingtip caused the left lowered flap to break through the rear passenger window and embed itself in the rear passenger seat. The flap control showed the flap handle in the up position, but the pin was down at 30 degrees flaps. Other damage was found to the wing strut cover plastic, nose wheel, main gear fairings, engine cowling and left flap assembly. Both the student and flight instructor were interviewed and asked to provide written statements, which they did.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 11, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 0945 LOCAL TIME, FSDO-19 RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN ACCIDENT AT IMMOKALEE AIRPORT THAT HAD OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 0920 LOCAL TIME.THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN C-172R N5253B, WITH THE INTENTION OF DOING A DUAL CROSS COUNTRY, WITH SUPERVISED SOLO PRACTICE AT IMMOKALEE AIRPORT. THEY DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 07:00AM. UPON ARRIVING AT IMMOKALEE, ACCORDING TO BOTH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT STATEMENTS, THEY LISTENED TO THE AIRPORT AWOS AND HEARD THE WINDS WERE CALM. THEY CHOSE RUNWAY 27 FOR LANDING PRACTICE BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN ON THAT RUNWAY. THAT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PATTERN SOON AFTERWARD. AFTER THREE PRACTICE LANDINGS WITH THE INSTRUCTOR ABOARD, THE STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ALLOWED TO PRACTICE SOLO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN THE PATTERN WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WATCHING FROM A VANTAGE POINT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS, NOT FAR FROM A CLOSED, UNUSED RUNWAY AT THE AIRPORT.AFTER THE EIGHTH OR NINTH LANDING AND TAKEOFF, THE STUDENT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN A TRANSITIONING HELICOPTER MADE A RADIO TRANSMISSION THAT HE WAS CROSSING OVERHEAD, ALONG THE CLOSED INTERSECTING RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE FELT HE NEEDED TO ANSWER BACK THAT HE HAD THE TRAFFIC IN SIGHT. HE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT ACCORDING TO HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, "I WAITED FOR THE AIRPLANE TO BE STABLE, BUT I PUSHED FULL THROTTLE BEFORE BRINGING UP THE FLAPS, THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY."TIRE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WAS POINTED PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, WHILE THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WAS SIDEWAYS OFF THE LEFT SIDE. ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR STATEMENTS, THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS LEFT WHEEL FIRST, THEN HIT THE LEFT WINGTIP WHICH BEGAN A CARTWHEEL. GROUND SCARRING AND AIRCRAFT DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH NOSE AND PROPELLER IMPACT WITH THE GROUND, AND ALSO RIGHT WING DAMAGE. BROKEN RED NAV LIGHT PLASTIC UNDER THE LEFT WING WHERE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST SUGGESTS THAT THE LEFT WING HIT A SECOND TIME BEFORE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST, RIGHT SIDE UP. PROPELLER DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH A LOW POWER SETTING, AND THE STUDENT'S STATEMENT CONCURS THAT "I PULLED OUT THE THROTTLE AND HELD THE YOKE UNTIL THE AIRPLANE STOPPED" AFTER HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS GOING OFF THE RUNWAY.THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 30-40 FEET FROM WHERE IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27. THE FIREWALL WAS WRINKLED, THE ENGINE AND COMPARTMENT HAD SHIFTED RIGHT OF CENTERLINE OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE CART-WHEELING. BOTH WINGTIPS WERE DAMAGED, WITH THE LEFT WING MORE SO THAN THE RIGHT. THE IMPACT FROM THE LEFT WINGTIP CAUSED THE LEFT LOWERED FLAP TO BREAK THROUGH THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW AND EMBED ITSELF IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT. THE FLAP CONTROL SHOWED THE FLAP HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION, BUT THE PIN WAS DOWN AT 30 DEGREES FLAPS. OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO THE WING STRUT COVER PLASTIC, NOSE WHEEL, MAIN GEAR FAIRINGS, ENGINE COWLING AND LEFT FLAP ASSEMBLY. BOTH THE STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE INTERVIEWED AND ASKED TO PROVIDE WRITTEN STATEMENTS, WHICH THEY DID.