# Accident 20230802008969A: Cessna 172S, Clewiston, FL, August 2, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2023, 06:15 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Airport: Airglades Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1WLS
- Location: 26.4400° N, 81.0300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4400&lon=-81.0300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1403R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1403R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,245 total, 497 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230802008969A

## Narrative

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

08/02/2023-AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS BEING OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT AND CFI AT THE CLEWISTON AIRPORT (K2IS). STUDENT PILOT ATTEPTED TO LAND AFTER CLEARING THE GRASS AREA. THE ARICRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY, THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND TO THE LEFT. WHEN THE CFI TOUCHED DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT GOING OFF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FOR BOTH STUDENT PILOT AND CFI.

## 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 CEN23LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA354), Aug 2, 2023: Cessna 172S (N1403R), Clewiston, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing on the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the student…

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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