# Accident 20180307001529A: Cessna 172R, Lakeland, FL, March 7, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: TN4S
- Location: 27.9881° N, 82.0197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9881&lon=-82.0197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2221R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2221R) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 69 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180307001529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS SOLO PATTERN WORK AT KLAL. WEATHER BRIEFING OBTAINED FROM ATIS BEFORE TAKEOFF AND WINS WERE AT 340/10 GUSTING 15. AFTER TAKEOFF AND ONCE ESTABLISHED ON THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 27, PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER UPDATE. PILOT INDICATED ONCE TURNING INTO FINAL THE WINDS GOT VERY POWERFUL AND FELT LIKE THE AIRCRAFT WOULD FLIP BECAUSE OF THE POWERFUL WINDS AND CALLED IT TO A FULL STOP AS HE KNEW THE WINDS ARE TOO STRONG AND OUT OF HIS CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE MINIMUMS, PILOT STATED HE TRIED HIS BEST TO FIGHT IT AND HAD A STABILIZED APPROACH BUT WHEN I GOT TO SHORT FINAL HIS AIRSPEED INCREASED AND STILL EXPERIENCED A VERY HEAVY AND POWERFUL CROSSWIND THAT WAS VERY HARD TO FIGHT. PILOT MENTIONED HE WAS FOCUSED ON TAKING IT TO THE GROUND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. PILOT THEN KEPT HIS FOCUS ON TAKING IT TO THE GROUND AND CAME IN FLAT AS HE TOUCHED DOWN. PILOT EXPLAINED HE BOUNCED A COUPLE OF TIMES WITHOUT KNOWING HE DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED BACK TO THE ACADEMY RAMP. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR ATTACH POINT HAD CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD BULKHEAD AND LOWER SKIN.

## 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 GAA18CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA151), Mar 7, 2018: Cessna 172 (N2221R), Lakeland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N2221R (1)

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

- [Incident 20190121009489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190121009489I), Jan 21, 2019: Cessna 172R (N2221R), Lakeland, FL, No damage. CFI reports that upon departing lal runway 05 a flock of small birds flew across their path with one or two birds making contact with the aircraft. The CFI…

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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