# Accident 20210514004409A: Cessna 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, May 14, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2021, 11:45 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62568, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62568-2022-07-16) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 281 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210514004409A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, (KDAB) AT APPROXIMATELY 10AM FOR AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND THE STUDENT WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT.  THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 14 MPH WITH 18 MPH GUSTS.  ACCORDING TO THE CFI, SHE PLANNED TO HAVE THE STUDENT PRACTICE STALLS AND MANEUVERS INSTEAD OF LANDINGS DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS.  AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30, THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO APPROACH LANDING, RNAV 7L, RUNWAY 34.  DURING APPROACH THE STUDENT PILOT BEGAN TO DESCEND AND ADD FLAPS AND WHILE AT FULL FLAPS WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE CENTERLINE DUE TO THE CROSSWIND.  THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT TO CORRECT FOR THE WIND AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS FAR LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE FOR LANDING.  DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS POINTING 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND AT THIS TIME THE CFI ALSO TRIED TO CORRECT FOR THE CROSSWIND WHILE BOTH THE STUDENT AND CFI AND STUDENT WERE BOTH TRYING TO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TO THE LEFT AND THE CFI ADDED FULL POWER TO INITIATE A GO AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT YAWED FULL LEFT.  THE FLAPS WERE FULLY DOWN FOR LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEEL ON THE NOSE BEFORE COMING TO A FULL STOP IN THE GRASS AREA PERPENDICULAR TO RUNWAY 34, WITH THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE 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 ERA21LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA215), May 14, 2021: Cessna 172 (N62568), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Both pilots’ failure to maintain control during the landing flare and the flight instructor’s failure to maintain control during an attempted go-around, in gusting quartering headwind conditions,…

## Other reports on N62568 (1)

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

- [Accident 20100609038069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100609038069A), Jun 9, 2010: Cessna 172S (N62568), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Substantial damage. While flaring to land aircraft hit nose gear first. Wrinkling firewall and blowing nose wheel tire.

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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