# Accident 20141103021879A: Cessna 172M, Everglades City, FL, November 3, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2014, 13:44 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Airport: Everglades Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operator: 9PTS
- Location: 25.8489° N, 81.3903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8489&lon=-81.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N696PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N696PT-2018-02-05) (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-E2D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 583 total, 244 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141103021879A

## Narrative

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

- INSTRUCTION FLIGHT: STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING APPROACH ON RUNWAY 33. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PERFORM A GO AROUND, BUT ALSO FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT STALLED AT FULL POWER AND CRASHED AT THE NORTH WEST OF THE AIRFIELD. (SEE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENTS' STATEMENTS)

- THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

- NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE 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 ERA15CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA042), Nov 3, 2014: Cessna 172M (N696PT), Everglades City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to compensate for gusting wind conditions during the flare, and the flight instructor's failure to intervene in a timely manner, resulting in a loss of airplane control…

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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