# Accident 20161108018389A: Cessna 172S, Sarasota, FL, November 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2016, 12:19 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: X5QS
- Location: 27.3908° N, 82.5569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3908&lon=-82.5569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2272C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2272C) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161108018389A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON THIRD SOLO FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 04.

PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

PILOT TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND AFTER SHUTTING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN REALIZED THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT AND THERE WAS PROPELLER DAMAGE.

PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL ISSUE WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT OR ON THE APPROACH.

INSPECTION REVEALED PROPELLER DAMAGE, NOSE TIRE DAMAGE, SUBSTANTIAL FIREWALL DAMAGE, LOWER FORWARD FUSELAGE DAMAGE, AND COCKPIT FLOOR DAMAGE UNDER RUDDER PEDALS.

FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY REVEALED BINDING IN THE ELEVATOR CONTROL, MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY LOWER FUSELAGE IMPACT DAMAGE.

AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND REPORTED HEARING THE PROP STRIKE ON FIRST LANDING AND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETE A GO AROUND. THEY REPORTED IT TO SRQ TOWER AND FOLLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP AFTER LANDING TO REPORT THE OBSERVED FLAT TIRE.

ANNUAL DATE 03/16/2016

100 HOUR 10/26/2016

## 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 GAA17CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA065), Nov 8, 2016: Cessna 172 (N2272C), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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