# Incident 20140122002499I: Cessna 172P, Fort Pierce, FL, January 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2014, 10:20 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BEJS
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53797, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53797) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 329 total, 127 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140122002499I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WAS PRACTICING FORWARD SLIP TO LAND, WITH INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD.  AS THE AIRCRAFT ALIGNED OVER THE RUNWAY FOR LANDING, THE STUDENT NEGLECTED TO TRANSITION TO A NORMAL LANDING ATTITUDE, INSTEAD KEPT FORWARD SLIPPING.  THE INSTRUCTOR REPEATEDLY REQUESTED THAT STUDENT RETURN TO A NORMAL LANDING ATTITUDE.  AFTER SEVERAL VERBAL WARNINGS WITH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION FROM STUDENT, INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS, BUT STUDENT CONTINUED TO HOLD CONTROLS AND WOULD NOT RELEASE.  INSTRUCTOR HAD TO FIGHT THE STUDENT OFF THE CONTROLS, WHO WAS STILL TRYING TO FORWARD SLIP THE AIRCRAFT.  BY THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND SLOW, WITH NO FLAPS.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, STRIKING THE TAIL AND DAMAGING THE BOTTOM RUDDER COVER AND CAUSING SEVERAL WRINKLES THROUGHOUT THE TRAILING EDGE  OF THE RUDDER FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF THE RUDDER.

## Other reports on N53797 (1)

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

- [Incident 20091202051949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091202051949I), Dec 2, 2009: Cessna 172P (N53797), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. The student was landing the aircraft in a medium strength crosswind. The aircraft bounced slightly on touchdown. The student applied slight power to cushion…

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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