# Accident 20140919018779A: Cessna 172M, Leesburg, FL, September 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2014, 12:18 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.8083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.8083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13394, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13394) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 414 total, 121 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA448) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140919018779A

## Narrative

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

FOLLOWING LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AT LEESBURG AIRPORT (KLEE), THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED SLIGHT RIGHT PRESSURE ON THE LEFT RUDDER PEDDLE TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING WAS SOFT AND THE SPEED SLOW.

INSTEAD OF STAYING ALIGNED WITH THE CENTERLINE, THE AIRCRAFT KEPT DRIFTING TOWARD THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER PEDDLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE CENTERLINE, BUT HIS ACTION MADE NO EFFECT. AT THAT POINT THE INSTRUCTOR PRESSED THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDDLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE AND REALIGN IT TO THE RIGHT, BUT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT RESPOND AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED RUNWAY 13 NEAR TAXIWAY DELTA. TIRE MARKS VEERING FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT INTO THE GRASS MARK THE PATH OF DEPARTURE. A SIGN MARKING TAXIWAY DELTA AND A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WERE DAMAGED WHEN THE A/C IMPACTED THEM. THE A/C ROLLED INTO THE GRASS TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 13 CAREENING IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION, THEN SKIDDED ON ITS LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AS THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 250 FEET INTO THE GRASSY AREA.

DURING THE INVESTIGATION, WHILE INTERVIEWING THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT, THE ASI DISCOVERED THAT THE IP/PIC DURING THE FLIGHT DID NOT HAVE HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IN HIS POSSESSION NOR WAS IT AVAILABLE IN THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE FLIGHT AS REQUIRED BY FAR 61.3.

## 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 ERA14LA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA448), Sep 19, 2014: Cessna 172M (N13394), Leesburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and his subsequent loss of directional control during landing on a wet runway for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination…

## Other reports on N13394 (1)

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

- [Incident 19801003077899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801003077899I), Oct 3, 1980: Cessna 172M (N13394), Edgewood, NM. Pilot ran out of fuel and made emergency landing on a state road.

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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