# Accident 20141030021859A: Cessna 172P, Kendall, FL, October 30, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2014, 11:27 local time
- Place: Kendall, FL
- Airport: Kendall-Tamiami Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: YDFS
- Location: 25.6431° N, 80.4344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6431&lon=-80.4344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97277, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97277-2017-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141030021859A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 172P SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT HARD LANDED ON ITS NOSE LANDING GEAR, ON RUNWAY 9R DURING TOUCH AND GO'S AT THE KENDALL-TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE GENERAL AIRPORT , KENDALL, FLORIDA.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 ERA15CA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA038), Oct 30, 2014: Cessna 172P (N97277), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the student pilot to achieve a proper touchdown during a touch-and-go landing resulting in a hard landing and substantial damage.

## Other reports on N97277 (3)

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

- [Accident 20151109022129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151109022129A), Nov 9, 2015: Cessna 172P (N97277), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. On 11/09/2015 notification came in from adf airways a 14 CFR part 141 flight school located in Miami-executive airport (tmb). The flight school assitant chief…
- [Incident 20041027026689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041027026689I), Oct 27, 2004: Cessna 172P (N97277), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Nose landing gear nose wheel retaining yoke broke on impact at landing. Nose tire separated from aircraft. Aircraft skidded to halt. Investigation…
- [Accident 19960506010149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960506010149A), May 6, 1996: Cessna 172P (N97277), Winston Salem, NC, Substantial damage. Made hard landing. Pushed nose gear into engine. Spread gear. Damage to bottom airplane.

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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