# Accident 20240315001899A: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Melbourne, FL, March 15, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2024, 16:05 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NX4S
- Location: 28.0979° N, 80.6353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0979&lon=-80.6353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N838ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N838ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240315001899A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND FOR A LANDING AT KMLB. THE PILOT WAS TOLD TO EXPECT RUNWAY 9R. TOWER LATER CHANGED THE INSTRUCTION TO ENTER THE LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 5. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, ONE WING BECAME RASIED AND ONE WING BECAME LOWERED. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 5 TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS. AT SOME POINT DURING THE EVENT THE, THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING BOTH STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT. THE RIGHT WING HAD DAMAGE AND THE AREA ABLOVE THE COCKPIT EXPERIENCED WRINKLING. APPROXIMATELY 12-15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, AN AIRCRAFT DID NOT ACCEPT RUNWAY 5 DUE TO CROSSWIND.

## 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 ERA24LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA145), Mar 15, 2024: Textron 172S (N838ER), Melbourne, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind.

## Other reports on N838ER (1)

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

- [Incident 20231017020719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231017020719I), Oct 17, 2023: Textron Aviation Inc 172S (N838ER), Palm Coast, FL, Minor damage. The student & his CFI reported that a tail strike occurred during landing on rwy 6. The acft taxied to the ramp without further incident. Subsequent exam of…

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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