# Incident 20170323002449I: Cessna 172R, Kennedy, TX, March 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2017, 12:15 local time
- Place: Kennedy, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Aircraft: N2383G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2383G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,033 total, 648 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170323002449I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS CHECKING STUDENT PILOT ON CROSS WIND LANDINGS. ON FINAL APPROACH WIND BEGAN TO GROW IN STRENGTH THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO SINK THEY ADDED THROTTLE TO ARREST THE SINK RATE,  AT 100 FEET THEY ADDED MORE THROTTLE AND AIRPLANE KEPT SINKING,  FINALLY FULL THROTTLE WAS UTILIZED AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT COULD FEEL STUDENT STILL ON THE CONTROLS, INSTRUCTOR PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. AIRPLANE LANDED WITH THE MAIN TIRES AND THE TAIL HIT THE GRASS AREA JUST 5 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.   THEY CLIMBED BACK UP AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE APPROACH. THEY CONDUCTED 5 MORE TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS. THEY TAXIED BACK AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE , THEY DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL AFTER THEY SHUT DOWN THAT THEY HAD SUSTAINED A HARD TAIL STRIKE.  AIRPLANE TAIL AFT LOWER FUSELAGE SUSTAINED AIRFRAME SKIN DAMAGE. NO POST CRASH FIRE AND NO INJURY TO PILOTS.

INSPECTOR REYES AND INSPECTOR LOPEZ INSPECTED AIRPLANE FOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF DIRT OR DEBREE IN THE DAMAGED AREA. THE TIE DOWN RING WAS NOT DAMAGED DUE TO THE IMPACT. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS THE SKIN IN FRONT OF BULKHEAD HOLDING TIEDOWN RING. PILOT STATEMENT DOES NOT SUPPORT DAMAGE FOUND. EXACT CAUSE UNKNOWN.

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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