# Accident 20130513008919A: Cessna 172S, Ankeny, IA, May 13, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Ankeny, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6911° N, 93.5664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6911&lon=-93.5664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N947SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N947SP-2019-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA289) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130513008919A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT DURING FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  THE FIRST LANDING, MADE TO A FULL STOP, WAS UNEVENTFUL.  DURING SECOND  LANDING THE PILOT DID NOT FLARE SUFFICIENTLY; THE AIRCRAFT LANDED "FLAT" AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP.  AFTER ONE MORE FLIGHT AROUND THE PATTERN AND AN UNEVENTFUL THIRD LANDING THE PILOT TAXIED IN.  THE INSTRUCTOR NOTED DURING A POST OPERATION INSPECTION THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DAMAGED.

SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE PROPELLER HAD BEEN STRUCK, THE FIREWALL DAMAGED, AND THE CENTER KEEL WAS DAMAGED.

## 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 CEN13CA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA289), May 14, 2013: Cessna 172S (N947SP), Ankeny, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N947SP (1)

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

- [Accident 20160102000059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160102000059A), Jan 2, 2016: Cessna 172S (N947SP), Newton, IA, Substantial damage. The pilot reported that he departed the ankeny airport (kikv) in N947SP at approximately 09:30 on January 2nd and planned to fly first to the Newton VOR (tnu)…

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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