# Accident 20150507010341A: Cessna 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, May 7, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2015, 10:37 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 29.1800° N, 81.0581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1800&lon=-81.0581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5144H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,033 total, 706 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150507010341A

## Narrative

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

N5144H ON INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CREW: IP AND STUDENT PRACTICE LANDINGS RUNWAY 25L DAB. KDAB 071353Z HAD THE WINDS AT 32010KTS 44 MINUTES PRIOR AND REPORTED KDAB 071453Z 33013KTS 16 MINUTES AFTER THE EVENT.  N487ER LANDED AND EXITED RNWY 25L AT TAXIWAY W POINTING NORTH. STOPPED FOR POST LANDING CHECKLIST.

N1544H APPROACHED FOR LANDING; UPON TOUCH DOWN N5144H DEPARTED THE RUNWAY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND IMPACTING N487ER FROM THE RIGHT SIDE REAR. THE IMPACT FORCE BY N5144H CAUSED BOTH AIR TO ROTATE LEFT AS THE LEFT STRUT FROM N1544H CUT THROUGH N487ER TRAILING EDGE MID AILERON MOVING FORWARD SPINNING BOTH AIRCRAFT SOUTHWARD, APPROX. 130 DEGREES FOR 487ER AND APPROX. 180 FROM ORIGINAL POSITIONAL HEADINGS, COMING TO A STOP WITH PROP TO PROP IMPACT AND DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA15CA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA064), May 7, 2015: Cessna 172S (N5144H), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The landing airplane pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and ground collision with a taxiing 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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