# Accident 20200330003939A: Cessna 172S, New Smyrna, FL, March 30, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2020, 09:30 local time
- Place: New Smyrna, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0556° N, 80.9489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0556&lon=-80.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N957TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N957TC-2021-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 223 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200330003939A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA20CA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA165), Mar 30, 2020: Cessna 172 (N957TC), New Symrna Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delayed remedial action and decision to not go-around after a bounced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and hard landing.

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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