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ON OCTOBER 24, 2014, AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS (ASI) MARK LAUGHRIDGE AND I WERE ASSIGNED BY FRONT LINE MANAGER JAMES REEDY TO INVESTIGATE A NON-FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING N1533V.

WE ARRIVED ON-SCENE AT APPROX. 13:20 LOCAL TIME AND ASI LAUGHRIDGE PROCEEDED TO PHOTOGRAPH THE SCENE AND I PROCEEDED TO INTERVIEW THE PILOTS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE STUDENT PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE INTERVIEWED IN THE HANGAR OF APOPKA AVIATION FLIGHT SERVICES. MR. JASON ALMETER, ALSO A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OF APOPKA AVIATION FLIGHT SERVICES WAS PRESENT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FROM NEARBY FIRST LANDINGS AVIATION WITNESSED THE ENTIRE ACCIDENT AND CAME OVER TO ASCERTAIN THAT EVERYONE WAS OK. HE ALSO PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF HIS OWN VOLITION AND IT IS INCLUDED IN THE ACCIDENT FOLDER.

UPON ARRIVAL IN THE HANGAR, BOTH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD WRITTEN STATEMENTS PREPARED. I READ BOTH STATEMENTS AND ASKED BOTH PILOTS TO PLEASE RE-READ THEM AND MAKE ANY CHANGES AS NECESSARY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AMENDED HIS STATEMENT NARRATIVE TO ADD " THE NOSEWHEEL WAS 30 DEGREES TO 45 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY " ALONG WITH HIS PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT AMEND HIS STATEMENT NARRATIVE, BUT PRINTED HIS NAME AND ADDED A TELEPHONE NUMBER.

P.I.C.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT WHEN LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT APOPKA AIRPORT, THE STUDENT WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND THE STUDENT LET THE AIRPLANE PITCH UP AND IT STARTED TO STALL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PUSH DOWN THE CONTROLS AND AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID, THE AIRPLANE STARTED TOWARD THE DIRT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. P.I.C. STATED THAT HE TOOK THE CONTROLS AND IT TOOK A COUPLE SECONDS TO GET THE THROTTLE AND YOKE UNDER HIS CONTROL. THE P.I.C. ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN DIRT HE TRIED TO GO AROUND, "THE NOSEWHEEEL WAS 30-45 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY. THE P.I.C. THEN "REDUCED ALL POWER AND STEERED TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN A HILL, CLEARED HANGAR 77, THE AIRCRAFT'S WING STRUCK THE HANGAR ACROSS THE WAY (HANGAR 79), TURNED INTO THE BUILDING AND CAME TO A STOP."

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT STATES THAT THEY CAME IN FOR A LANDING, BOUNCED AND RAN OFF RUNWAY 33 INTO THE GRASS. HALF OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE RUNWAY AND THE OTHER HALF WAS ON THE GRASS.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GAVE THROTTLE TO P.I.C. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. P.I.C. GAVE SOME POWER TO WHAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FELT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF A GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT THEN WENT TO THE LEFT, THEN DOWN AN EMBARKMENT AND THAT IS ALL THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECALLED.

WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT INDICATES THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 FROM THE DESK AT THE FBO WHERE HE WAS LOCATED.

HE STATED, "FROM MY VIEWPOINT IT APPEARED THAT THE CESSNA WAS ROUNDING OUT AND BLEEDING OFF AIRSPEED AT APPROX. 10 -15 FEET. IT THEN DROPPED QUICKLY FROM THAT ALTITUDE TO THE RUNWAY. IT APPEARED THAT THE CESSNA LEFT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THEN SHARPLY TURNED TO THE LEFT, CROSSED OVER RUNWAY 33, THEN DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND ACROSS TAXIWAY ALPHA. AT THIS TIME, I LOST SIGHT OF THE CESSNA BEHIND A HANGAR."

ASI LAUGHRIDGE AND I PHYSICALLY CHECKED THE CONTINUITY OF THE FLIGHT AND ENGINE CONTROLS FOR PROPER FUNCTION DURING THE INVESTIGATION AND NO DEFICIENCIES WERE NOTED.