What happened
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On November 22, 2022, privacy data omitted, a Cessna 172S operating on a training flight under FAR part 91, sustained substaintial damage during approach to landing - following a simulated engine failure, at Newnan-Coweta county airport (kcco), Newnan, Georgia. The only occupants of the airplane were the commercial rated flight instructor and the student pilot, both were uninjured. According to both instructor and student statements, during the final approach, the student pilot elected to execute a go-around. The flight instructor instructed the student to continue the approach. The flight instructor then took controls from the student and continued the approach. During the round-out/flare, the lower surface of the fuselage, aft of the main landing gear, impacted the runway threshold lights and the tail struck the surface of the blast pad causing substantial damage to the airplane. The training flight continued for several additional landings and maneuvers before returning to peachtree city- falcon field airport (kffc), peachtree city, GA.
As the FAA filed it
ON NOVEMBER 22, 2022, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA 172S OPERATING ON A TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER FAR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTAINTIAL DAMAGE DURING APPROACH TO LANDING - FOLLOWING A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE, AT NEWNAN-COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT (KCCO), NEWNAN, GEORGIA. THE ONLY OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE THE COMMERCIAL RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT, BOTH WERE UNINJURED. ACCORDING TO BOTH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT STATEMENTS, DURING THE FINAL APPROACH, THE STUDENT PILOT ELECTED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH. DURING THE ROUND-OUT/FLARE, THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE FUSELAGE, AFT OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, IMPACTED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHTS AND THE TAIL STRUCK THE SURFACE OF THE BLAST PAD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE TRAINING FLIGHT CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL ADDITIONAL LANDINGS AND MANEUVERS BEFORE RETURNING TO PEACHTREE CITY- FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (KFFC), PEACHTREE CITY, GA.
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