# Accident 20230803011809A: Cessna 172S, Philadelphia, PA, August 3, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2023, 11:10 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0819° N, 75.0124° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0819&lon=-75.0124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N860TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N860TW) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 7,674 total, 1,944 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA348) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230803011809A

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING A POWER-OFF 180 DEGREE ACCURACY LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT (KPNE) ON AUGUST 3, 2023 DURING A FLIGHT LESSON, THE STUDENT PILOT, TRAINING FOR A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE, LANDED HARD ON THE LANDING GEAR AND BOUNCED TWICE.  UPON APPLYING POWER REQUESTED BY THE INSTRUCTOR, THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED, YAWED AND ROLLED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AS THE LEFT WINGTIP DRAGGED ACROSS THE RUNWAY.  THE CESSNA SETTLED BACK ON THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT AND FLIPPING OVER INTO A GRASSY AREA BETWEEN INTERSECTING RUNWAYS. THE CESSNA 172 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, RECEIVING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO MAJOR CONTROL SURFACES AND MECHANICAL COMPONENTS.

AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH THE STUDENT PILOT AND CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CONFIRMED A HARD LANDING AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND, BUT CONFLICTING INFORMATION INDICATED THAT NEITHER PILOT WAS AWARE WHO HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INSTRUCTOR COMMANDED FULL POWER TO THE STUDENT.

## 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 CEN23LA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA348), Aug 3, 2023: Cessna 172 (N860TW), Philadelphia, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain control during a go-around. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight.

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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