# Accident 20150419004459A: Cessna 172S, Naples, FL, April 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2015, 12:20 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: X44S
- Location: 26.1525° N, 81.7756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1525&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100PM) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 455 total, 455 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150419004459A

## Narrative

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

^MR. PETER LYNN^ STATED THAT ON SUNDAY APRIL 19, 2015 HE WAS FLYING N100PM A CESSNA 172 AT APPROXIMATELY 1620Z HE WAS LANDING AT KAPF ( NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT) ON RUNWAY 23. AT THE TIME OF HES LANDING ATIS INFORMATION JULIET WAS CURRENT AND REPORTING THAT WINDS WERE FROM 200 AT 11 KNOTS AND GUSTING 18 KNOTS. WHILE HE WAS ON SHORT AND FINAL, HE ASKED THE TOWER FOR A WIND CHECK AND THEY REPORTED WINDS FROM 170 AT 12 KNOTS. AS HE CROSSED OVER THE DISPLAYED THRESHOLD THE PLANE WAS CONFIGURED WITH FULL FLAPS AND HE'S INDICATED AIR SPEED WAS BETWEEN 75-80 KNOTS. JUST AS HE FLARED THE PLANES NOSE TO ABOUT 5 DEGREES FOR TOUCHDOWN A STRONG WIND GUST LIFTED THE PLANES NOSE UP ABOUT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE. AT THIS POINT THE PLANE LOST LIFT AND DROPPED HARD ONTO THE RUNWAY THEN BOUNCED UP AND AGAIN DROPPED DOWN HARD ON THE RUNWAY. AFTER THIS SEVERAL SMALLER BOUNCES OCCURRED BEFORE THE PLANE SETTLED.  HE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY B AND TAXIED TO REXAIR. AFTER SHUTTING THE PLANE DOWN HE SAW ONE TIP OF THE PROPELLER WAS BENT INWARD. ALSO HE WAS UNABLE TO PUSH THE YOKE FORWARD FAR ENOUGH TO INSERT THE GUST LOCK.

## 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 GAA15CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA046), Apr 19, 2015: Cessna 172S (N100PM), Naples, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control, resulting in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N100PM (1)

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

- [Incident 20151122022139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151122022139I), Nov 22, 2015: Cessna 172S (N100PM), Naples, FL, Substantial damage. On 11/24/2015 received email from rex air a 14 CFR 141 flight school cert # X44S. It stated yesterday we were doing a 100 hour inspection on N100PM and saw the…

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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