# Accident 20250822012289A: Cessna 172R, Brooksville, FL, August 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2025, 16:55 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: TZ4S
- Location: 28.4693° N, 82.4552° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4693&lon=-82.4552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2460A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2460A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250822012289A

## Narrative

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

A STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO ON APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27, FOR HIS 2ND TOUCH AND GO.  UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED UPON TOUCHDOWN AND KEPT BOUNCING.  PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.  UPON ROLLOUT AND SLOWING DOWN, STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE RUDDER CONTROL AND WAS HAVING DUFFICULTY TAXIING AIRCRAFT.  WAS INSTRUCTED TO SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS TOWED BACK TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL.

## 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 ERA25LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA323), Aug 22, 2025: Cessna 172 (N2460A), Spring Hill, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and substantial damage to the airplane’s fuselage.

## Other reports on N2460A (1)

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

- [Accident 20170628009609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170628009609A), Jun 28, 2017: Cessna 172R (N2460A), Emporia, VA, Substantial damage. The student pilot appears to have stalled the aircraft above the runway resulting in a hard landing and loss of directional control. Impact with the runway and…

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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