- Date
- December 16, 2005, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hialeah, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51434Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20051216030329A
- Case key
- 62959
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Probable cause
The failure of the CFI to perform a go-around following a long landing resulting in overrun, on ground encounter with soft terrain, and subsequent nose over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The certified flight instructor (CFI) stated that after takeoff the student performed airwork then the flight proceeded to the Opa-Locka West Airport where the student performed 1 touch-and-go landing. The flight departed following the landing, remained in the traffic pattern and the CFI took the controls to demonstrate a soft field landing. The CFI later reported that while on final approach with full flaps extended, the flight was fast and floated down the runway. The airplane landed approximately within the 2nd third of the runway and he applied the brakes which locked up. Unable to stop the airplane it traveled off the end of the runway onto grass and nosed over. The CFI further stated there was no failure or malfunction of the airplane or its systems. Postaccident examination of the accident site by the operator revealed water covered grass and soft terrain beyond the departure end of the runway.
Factual narrative
On December 16, 2005, about 1700 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172P, N51434, registered to and operated by Delta Connection Academy, Inc., nosed over during landing at Opa-Locka West Airport, Opa-Locka, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 local, instructional flight from North Perry Airport, Pembroke Pines, Florida. The airplane was substantially damaged and the certified flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot were not injured. The flight originated about 1620, from North Perry Airport.
The CFI stated that after takeoff the student performed airwork then the flight proceeded to the Opa-Locka West Airport where the student performed 1 touch-and-go landing. The flight departed following the landing, remained in the traffic pattern and the CFI took the controls to demonstrate a soft field landing. While on final approach with full flaps extended the CFI later reported the flight was fast and floated down the runway. The airplane landed approximately within the 2nd third of the runway and he applied the brakes which locked up. Unable to stop the airplane it traveled off the end of the runway onto grass and nosed over. The CFI further stated there was no failure or malfunction of the airplane or its systems.
Postaccident examination of the accident site by the operator revealed water covered grass and soft terrain beyond the departure end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51434
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274311
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delta Connection Academy, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KHWO · Pembroke Pines, FL
- Destination
- X46 · Hialeah, FL
- Airport
- X46 · Opa-Locka West Airport, runway 27
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 247 in this make and model · 115 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 18
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 24 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- KOPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.