# Accident 20151109022129A: Cessna 172P, Miami, FL, November 9, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2015, 08:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Kendall-Tamiami Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: YDFS
- Location: 25.6531° N, 80.4319° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.6531&lon=-80.4319&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: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151109022129A

## Narrative

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

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 INSTRUCTOR STATED THIS MORNING WE HAD AN INCIDENT DURING A SOLO FLIGHT, OUR STUDENT WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT DOING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AND HAD A VERY HARD LANDING THAT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THEY IMMEDIATELY GROUNDED THE AIRCRAFT TO AWAIT FURTHER INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONAL. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDE PROPELLER TIP, FIREWALL, COCKPIT FLOOR CRINKELD.

## 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 GAA16CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA047), Nov 9, 2015: Cessna 172M (N97277), Miami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N97277 (3)

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

- [Accident 20141030021859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141030021859A), Oct 30, 2014: Cessna 172P (N97277), Kendall, FL, Substantial damage. 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…
- [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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