20121020023709A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Miami, FL · October 20, 2012

Date
October 20, 2012 · 07:00 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Kendall-Tamiami
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
YDFS
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N974BC
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13CA044
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,020 total900 in this make and model148 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flight instructor was demonstrating a short field landing, with a simulated fifty foot obstacle over the begining of the runway (27R) when the aircraft contacted the runway hard. Substantial damage occurred to the engine fire wall.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING A SHORT FIELD LANDING, WITH A SIMULATED FIFTY FOOT OBSTACLE OVER THE BEGINING OF THE RUNWAY (27R) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY HARD. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE ENGINE FIRE WALL.

NTSB investigation

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