# Accident 20170126004229A: Cessna 172R, Clearwater, FL, January 26, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9772° N, 82.7592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9772&lon=-82.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2382R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2382R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170126004229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RENTED THE AIRCRAFT AT CLW FOR RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. FLEW AIRCRAFT FOR APPROX. 30 MINUTES RETURNING TO FIELD BECAUSE HE STATED THAT HE SAW APPROACHING ADVERSE WEATHER. PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD A GUST OF WIND CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO RISE, SO HE INITIATED AN UN-EVENTFUL GO-AROUND. PILOTS STATED HIS SECOND ATTEMPT AT LANDING WENT SMOOTHLY WITH NO ISSUES. SOFT LANDING ON THE NUMBERS WITH NO ISSUES ON ROLLOUT OR TAXI. PILOT STATES HE PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AND TIED IT DOWN WITHOUT NOTING ANY ISSUES OR DISCREPANCIES ON THE AIRCRAFT EXCEPT FOR A JAMMED PILOTS SEAT BELT, WHICH HE SQUAWKED TO THE RENTAL COMPANY. WHEN MECHANICS ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT TO WORK THE SEAT BELT SQUAWK, THEY NOTICED THE PROP HAD DAMAGED TIPS FROM A PROP STRIKE. THE MECHANICS GROUNDED THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED THE ENGINE COWLING AND NOTED THAT THE FIREWALL HAD SUFFERED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A HARD LANDING.  THE RENTAL COMPANY/AIRCRAFT OWNER NOTIFIED THE FAA OF THE INCIDENT/DAMAGE THE NEXT DAY. INSPECTION BY THE FAA FOUND THE DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL TO BE STRUCTURAL IN NATURE MAKING THE INCIDENT AN ACCIDENT. THE DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A PROP STRIKE AND HARD LANDING HAPPENED AT SOME POINT DURING THE PILOTS RENTAL AND OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA17LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA095), Jan 26, 2017: Cessna 172 (N2382R), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in damage to the engine firewall.

## Other reports on N2382R (1)

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

- [Accident 20090317011339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090317011339A), Mar 17, 2009: Cessna 172R (N2382R), Lafayette, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was attempting his first landing of the afternoon on runway 23. During the flare, the pilot experienced a gust of wind that displaced 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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