# Accident 20190714011679A: Cessna 172S, Elkton, FL, July 14, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2019, 09:20 local time
- Place: Elkton, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 5FFS
- Location: 29.9011° N, 81.3125° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9011&lon=-81.3125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35585, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35585-2022-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,030 total, 300 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA412) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714011679A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT TO GET HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING.

THE PILOTS WERE PRACTICING OFF FIELD EMERGENCY LANDINGS TO AN ALTITUDE BELOW THE COMPANY PUBLISHED LIMITS.

THE INSTRUCTOR ADVISED THE STUDENT TO RECOVER / GO AROUND AND AFTER THE THIRD CALL TO DO SO TOOK THE CONTROLS OVER ONLY TO HAVE TOO LITTLE ALTITUDE TO GO AROUND.

THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO A POTATO FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 GAA19CA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA412), Jul 14, 2019: Cessna 172 (N35585), Elkton, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot under instruction's failure to follow the flight instructor’s directions and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action and subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of…

## Other reports on N35585 (1)

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

- [Accident 20210617010269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210617010269A), Jun 17, 2021: Cessna 172S (N35585), Clarksville, TN, Substantial damage. During the take-off roll with the student on the controls, the aircraft reached a about 40 KTS when the aircraft veered sharply to the left. The student placed…

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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