# NTSB MIA05CA109: Cessna 172R, N864CP, Daytona Beach, FL, May 20, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 20, 2005, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC) - Place: Daytona Beach, FL - Coordinates: 29.174444, -81.054725 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1744&lon=-81.0547&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 13, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: ORL FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 61579 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05CA109 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61579/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA109 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper landing flare and the CFI's inadequate supervision resulting in a hard landing and damage to the airplane. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - improper, dual student (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) ## Analysis According to the student and the flight instructor, the student was performing his second supervised solo flight, and his first attempt at landing resulted in a the airplane impacting the runway hard, and porpoising. After landing, an examination of the airplane revealed that the floorboard, and firewall had buckled. Both the flight instructor and student stated that prior to the accident there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems. ## Factual narrative On May 20, 2005, about 1000 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172R, N864CP, registered to Me Minn County Aviation Inc., and operated by Phoenix East Aviation Inc., as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, had a student pilot perform a hard landing in Daytona Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The student-rated pilot was not injured, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated in Daytona Beach, Florida, the same day, about 0950. The student pilot stated that he was flying his second supervised solo flight in the traffic pattern, and while landing he bounced twice, and preformed a go-around. On the third landing attempt, he said he was instructed to pick up his instructor waiting on the ramp. The student stated that when the instructor entered the airplane, he asked the instructor about the first landing, and the instructor said that it had been a hard landing. According to the flight instructor, the student pilot's first landing attempt resulted in a go-around, after the airplane had "porpoised" on the runway while attempting to land. The instructor said that student's second attempt was satisfactory, however, during the third attempt he again porpoised, and executed another go-around. The instructor said he then called the Daytona Beach ground controller and asked that the controller relay to his student to perform a full stop landing, and pick him up. Upon their arrival at the ramp, maintenance inspected the airplane, and found that the floorboard and firewall had been buckled. Prior to the accident, there had been no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems. ## Aircraft - Registration: N864CP (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172R - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17280594 - Airframe hours: 4652.3 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-L2A 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Phoenix East Aviation Inc. - Registered owner: Me Minn County Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 2005, 14.5 hours before - Departed: KDAB, Daytona Beach, FL - Destination: KDAB, Daytona Beach, FL - Airport: KDAB, Daytona Beach International, runway 7R, 3,195 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 42; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 54 total, 54 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 47 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 100° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 29.87 inHg - Observed at: KDAB ## 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 20050520012259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050520012259A), May 20, 2005: Cessna 172R, Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The student had landed hard and porpoised the aircraft on his second supervised solo. A go around was initiated. When the student landed the third time… 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.