# Accident 20140127001129A: Cessna 172S, Immokalee, FL, January 27, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2014, 10:00 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: X44S
- Location: 26.4339° N, 81.4014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4339&lon=-81.4014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21670, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21670) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140127001129A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING HIS THIRD SOLO LANDING AT KIMM (IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA) RUNWAY 18. DURING THE VFR APPROACH, JUST BEFORE THE FINAL FLAIR, A GUST OF WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, THE PILOT CORRECTED AND BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO CENTER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE MAIN GEAR FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR AND THEN BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE THE GEAR WAS FIRMLY ON THE GROUND.

ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER WAS BENT, THE FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED AS WAS THE COCKPIT FLOOR AROUND THE PEDESTAL. THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE THE STRUCTURE BEHIND THE MAIN GEAR 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 ERA14CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA109), Jan 27, 2014: Cessna 172S (N21670), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N21670 (2)

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

- [Accident 20140914019099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140914019099A), Sep 14, 2014: Cessna 172S (N21670), Naples, FL, Substantial damage. On September 14, 2014 aircraft N21670 s/n 172S9709 a Cessna 172 returning to Naples from a student solo cross-country flight. Upon landing at Naples the…
- [Accident 20050824020859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050824020859A), Aug 24, 2005: Cessna 172S (N21670), Savannah, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) During an instructional flight, the student pilot (sp) was conducting a landing. The instructor pilot (ip) said everything was normal on the approach. As…

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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