20200330003939A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · New Smyrna, FL · March 30, 2020

Date
March 30, 2020 · 09:30 local
Place
New Smyrna, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N957TC
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20CA165
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
228 total223 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Instructor ^vowels^ was monitoring student pilot's attempt at landing on runway 29. First touchdown resulted in a bounce. Instructor's recovery actions were not sufficient and second touchdown resulted in substantial damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR ^VOWELS^ WAS MONITORING STUDENT PILOT'S ATTEMPT AT LANDING ON RUNWAY 29. FIRST TOUCHDOWN RESULTED IN A BOUNCE. INSTRUCTOR'S RECOVERY ACTIONS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT AND SECOND TOUCHDOWN RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.