# Accident 20221004018909A: Cessna 172S, Sanford, FL, October 4, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2022, 06:00 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NX4S
- Location: 28.7786° N, 81.2347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7786&lon=-81.2347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N455ER-2023-10-18) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 861 total, 842 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221004018909A

## Narrative

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

EVALUATION FLIGHT FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT APPLICANT POWER OFF 180S, ON FIRST ATTEMPT (KSFB 27R) PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION (PUI) BEGAN TO PITCH UP ON SHORT FINAL TO “STRETCH” THE GLIDE DISTANCE, THE EVALUATING INSTRUCTOR SAT AND WATCHED TO SEE WHAT THE PUI WAS GOING TO DO (CONTINUE OR GO AROUND). AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN LOW AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TO STRIKE ONE OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHTS STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND. BASED OFF LEVEL OF DAMAGE TO STABILIZER, THE EVENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA23LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA017), Oct 4, 2022: Cessna 172 (N455ER), Sanford, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's unstable approach, which resulted in a hard landing and impact with a runway threshold light. Also causal was the flight instructor’s failure to take remedial action to prevent the hard…

## Other reports on N455ER (1)

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

- [Incident 20181012019819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181012019819I), Oct 12, 2018: Cessna 172S (N455ER), Ormond Beach, FL, Minor damage. ATC report: Ormond Beach, FL: RDDL455, C172, struck a bird 4 miles nw of omn. The impact caused a dent to the leading edge of the left wing. Aircraft landed…

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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