# Incident 20250614007899I: Cessna 172P, Sebastian, FL, June 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Airport: Sebastian Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 27.8133° N, 80.4956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBASTIAN MUNI (X26), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8133&lon=-80.4956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53361, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53361) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 79 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250614007899I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT X26 SPECIFICALLY PRACTICING POWER OFF 180'S. AFTER AN ATTEMPT WHERE SP PERFORMED A FORWARD SLIP INCORRECTLY AND GAINED EXTRA ENERGY AND AIRSPEED SP CALLED A GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT STAYED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND SET UP FOR ANOTHER POWER OFF 180. ON FINAL SP FELT HIGH AND ELECTED TO DO ANOTHER FORWARD SLIP. IP PROMPTED TO KEEP THE NOSE UP ON SO AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT BUILD EXCESS ENERGY. WHILE INITIATING THE FORWARD SLIP AND MAINTAINING 65 -70KTS THE AIRCRAFT  MAINTAINED ALTITUDE BETTER THEN EXPECTED. PILOT SLOWED AIRCRAFT TO ABOUT 55KTS AND MAINTAINED A NORMAL FORWARD SLIP DESCENT RATE UNTIL RUNWAY THRESHOLD. AFTER THE THRESHOLD PILOT BEGAN TO SLOW AIRCRAFT BELOW 55KTS MAINTAINING NORMAL SINK RATE FOR A FORWARD SLIP AND AT THIS PITCH ATTITUDE. REACHING ABOUT 30FT OVER THE RUNWAY IP STARTED TO RECOGNIZE AN EXCESSIVE SINK RATE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AND IP CALLED TO LET THE NOSE DOWN TO AVOID A STALL. AT THAT POINT THE PLANE HAD INCREASED IN SINK RATE EVEN MORE AND IP WAS NOT ABLE TO POSITIVELY EXCHANGE CONTROLS BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AND THE PLANE ENTERED ACOORDINATED STALL ONTO THE RUNWAY TOUCHING DOWN ON BOTH MAIN WHEELS HARD FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE WHEEL.

## Other reports on N53361 (1)

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

- [Incident 20050511008049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050511008049I), May 11, 2005: Cessna 172P (N53361), Marietta, GA. (-23) While practicing touch and go maneuvers during a solo flight, aircraft N53361 ran off the left side of runway 09 at Cobb County-Mccollum Field (kryy).

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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