# Incident 20120613010219I: Cessna 172L, Opa Locka, FL, June 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2012, 08:30 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2891Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2891Q-2012-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 85 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120613010219I

## Narrative

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

FSDO 19 WAS NOTIFIED AT 0900 ON 06/13/2012 OF AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT AT THE OPA LOCKA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KOPF). THREE INSPECTORS WERE DISPATCHED TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL INVESTIGATION. THE ASI'S ARRIVED AT KOPF AT 1000 HRS. AND WHERE ESCORTED RUNWAY 9R BY AIRPORT SECURITY. AT THE SITE IT WAS NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172L N2891Q S/N 17259891, HAD A COLLAPSED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR WERE BENT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR AND THE LEFT WING TIP.THE STATEMENT GIVEN BY THE STUDENT PILOT FLYING THE AIRPLANE INDICATED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING HIS SECOND APPROACH DURING A SOLO FLIGHT. ON APPROACH THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS 75 KNOTS INDICATED AND THE TOUCH DOWN WAS FINE, THEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SHAKE AND BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING THE RUNWAY'S RIGHT SHOULDER THE STUDENT PILOT NOTICED THAT THE RUNWAY 3000' FOOT MARKER LIGHT BOX WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT'S  PATH. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE MARKER LIGHT BOX ,HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER , HOWEVER, IT WAS TOO LATE AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING STRUT STRUCK THE MARKER LIGHT BOX COLLAPSING THE LEFT GEAR. AFTER THE GEAR COLLAPSED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY 180 DEGREES FROM THE ORIGINAL FLIGHT PATH. THE STUDENT PILOT INITIATED AN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, MOVED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO OFF AND TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH, HE THEN PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT THRU THE RIGHT CABIN DOOR.

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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