# NTSB MIA01LA024: Cessna 172P, N54729, Inverness, FL, November 4, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 4, 2000, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Inverness, FL - Coordinates: 28.814443, -82.31639 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8144&lon=-82.3164&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 50599 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA024 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50599/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA024 ## Probable cause a loss of directional control on landing due to the pilot's failure to execute a proper flare and recovery from the resultant bounced landing, causing the airplane to depart the runway, enter the uneven grass infield, and sustain a nose over. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor) - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, landing - roll - terrain condition - rough/uneven ## Analysis The student was conducting a landing to Inverness' runway 19, and after 2 balked landing attempts due to excessive airspeed, his third attempt resulted in a bounced landing and an excursion off the right runway edge. The airplane continued through the infield grass until encountering a depression that caused the propeller and nose landing gear to dig into the earth, resulting in a noseover. There were no mechanical defects with the airplane, precrash, and the student was not injured. ## Factual narrative On November 4, 2000, about 1500 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172P, N54729, registered to Airline Training Academy, Inc., operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed while attempting a landing at the Inverness Airport, Inverness, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured, and the airplane received substantial damage. The flight originated from Orlando's Executive Airport about 1 hour 14 minutes before the accident. According to the student, he made two balked landing go-arounds because he thought he was too fast. His third landing attempt resulted in a bounced landing and an excursion off the right side of the runway. A depression in the grass area caused the propeller to dig in, and the airplane sustained a nose over. According to an FAA inspector, the pilot landed the airplane on runway 19 at Inverness and departed the runway to the right at about a 30-degree angle. A depression in the ground caused the nose landing gear to dig in, and the airplane flipped upside down. The airplane received substantial damage. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N54729](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54729-2012-08-22), registration cancelled 2012-08-22, S/N 17275040 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172P - Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17275040 - Airframe hours: 10481 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: AirlineTraining Academy, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 20, 2000, 22 hours before - Departed: ORL, Orlando, FL - Destination: X40, Inverness, FL - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: X40, Inverness, runway 19, 3,762 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 20; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 59 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 8 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: BKV, 24 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20001104032849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001104032849A), Nov 4, 2000: Cessna 172P, Inverness, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Investigation found the pilot landed the airplane on runway 19 part way down the runway the a/c departed the runway to the right at about 30 degree… ## Other investigations on N54729 (2) 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 MIA94LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA068), Feb 6, 1994: Cessna 172P (N54729), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE STUDENT PILOT TO FOLLOW INSTUCTIONS GIVEN BY GROUND CONTROL AND THE FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO MAINTAIN PROPER OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE BETWEEN AIRCRAFT. - [NTSB MIA85LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA018), Oct 26, 1984: Cessna 172P (N54729), Titusville, FL, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.