# Accident 20240526005029A: Cessna 172S, Pierson, FL, May 26, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2024, 19:47 local time
- Place: Pierson, FL
- Airport: Pierson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 29.0000° N, 81.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0000&lon=-81.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1254D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1254D) (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, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 527 total, 502 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240526005029A

## Narrative

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

IT WAS STATED BY THE STUDENT PILOT THAT HIM AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE WORKING ON COMMERCIAL ASEL MANEUVERS. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KDAB) AND PROCEEDED TO DO TOUCH AND GOES LANDINGS AT FLAGLER AIRPORT (KFIN). DEPARTED KFIN TO THE NORTHWEST AND PRACTICE SEVERAL MANEUVERS BEFORE THEY STARTED PRACTICING SIMULATED EMERGENCIES, INCLUDING SIMULATED ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES. FOR THEIR SECOND ATTEMPT THEY CLIMBED TO ABOUT 4000 FEET. THEN, THEY PRACTICE A SIMULATED ENGINE FIRE, AND THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST WAS COMPLETED BY 2000 FEET. AFTER SEVERAL TURNS, IT WAS DECIDED TO DO THE APPROACH TO THE PIERSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2J8), AT THAT TIME THE SCENARIO WAS COMPLETED. THEN THE INSTRUCTOR INTRODUCED ANOTHER ENGINE FAILURE. THE STUDENT COMPLETED A STEEP SPIRAL TO LOSE ALTITUDE FROM 2300 TO 1200 FEET AND JOINED LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 23.

I WAS THEN WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR CALL “MY CONTROLS” DUE TO A HIGH TEMPERATURE INDICATION.

THE INSTRUCTOR MADE A SHARP BASE TO FINAL TURN AND MADE A MAYDAY CALL.

AIRPLANE WAS HIGH AND FAST ON SHORT FINAL. THE INSTRUCTOR PERFORMED A FORWARD SLIP TO LAND TO TRY TO LOSE ALTITUDE. IT APPEARS THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS HIGH AND FAST (ABOUT 80-90 KTS ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT) OVER THE SHORT FINAL.

THE PRIVATE PILOT (STUDENT) STATED THAT PROPELLER WAS STILL ROTATING AND ACCORDING TO HIM LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DID NOT TAKE PLACE. THE TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED PAST ½ WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY -RUNWAY LENGTH IS 2600 FEET-.

TOUCHDWON OCURRED PAST 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT BRAKES WERE NOT UTILIZED AFTER THE LANDING.

THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED INTO A DITCH.

BASED ON THE DATA LOG IT APPEARS THIS WAS A CASE OF HEAT SOAK. THE CONTINUED CLIMBED UP TO ALTITUDE AND THEN PULLED BACK TO IDLE TO PERFORM MANEUVERS BACK DOWN TO A LOWER ALTITUDE WITHOUT LETTING THE ENGINE COOL DOWN BEFORE CLIMBING BACK.

THE DATA LOG FROM THE AIRPLANE SHOWS THE PROGRESSIVE INCREASE IN OIL TEMP EACH TIME THEY PULLED BACK TO IDLE. IT JUST KEPT INCREASING A LITTLE MORE EVERY TIME UNTIL THE ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON.

ALL OIL PARAMETERS WERE WITHIN RANGE 322 OHM @ 119 DEGREES / 373 OHM @ 111 DEGREES / 108 OHM @ 108 DEGREES / 444.7 OHM @ 104.2 DEGREES / 497.9 OHM @ 99.7 DEGREES.

ENGINE RUN-UP: SATISFACTORY.

## 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 ERA24LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA231), May 26, 2024: Cessna 172S (N1254D), Pierson, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point during a precautionary landing, which resulted in a runway excursion during landing.

## Other reports on N1254D (1)

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

- [Accident 20240526009849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240526009849A), May 26, 2024: Cessna 172S (N1254D), Pierson, FL, Substantial damage. Instructor was training power off emergency approaches with student. Power actuall failed to return when throttle was increased. Student did not properly react…

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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