# Accident 20240526009849A: 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
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- 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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- 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/20240526009849A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR WAS TRAINING POWER OFF EMERGENCY APPROACHES WITH STUDENT.  POWER ACTUALL FAILED TO RETURN WHEN THROTTLE WAS INCREASED.  STUDENT DID NOT PROPERLY REACT AND LOWER ALTITUDE AS NECESSARY, INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLD AND ATTEMPTED LANDING ON GRASS RUNWAY (PIERSON).  ON APPROACH CFI NOTICED THAT ALTITUDE WAS HIGH AND SLIPPED TO A LANDING CLOSE TO THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY.  UPON LANDING INSTRUCOR APPLIED BRAKING ACTION TO STOP AIRPLANE BUT BRAKING ACTION HAD NO EFFECT.  AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL FORWARD AND HIT EMBANKMENT ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY, FLIPPED AND BECAME INVERTED.  2 ONBOARD WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 20240526005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240526005029A), May 26, 2024: Cessna 172S (N1254D), Pierson, FL, Substantial damage. 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…

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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