# NTSB MIA07CA019: Cessna 172S, N53095, New Smyrna, FL, November 19, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 19, 2006, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: New Smyrna, FL
- Coordinates: 29.0558333333333, -80.9483333333333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0558&lon=-80.9483&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64918
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA07CA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64918/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA019

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The responding FAA inspector stated that the pilot of the airplane during the accident was a student pilot on his first solo landing.  The student had two dual flights that day and was released for a supervised solo landing at the airport for runway 2. It was reported by witnesses, the airplane bounced twice and then nosed into the runway, resulting in a nose gear collapse and a bent propeller.

## Factual narrative

On November 19, 2006, about 1520 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172S, N53095, registered to J & L Aviation Enterprises, Inc. and operated by Epic Aviation, collapsed the nose gear during landing at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The student pilot reported no injuries and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated from the same airport, earlier that day, about 1515.

The responding FAA inspector stated the pilot of the airplane during the accident was a student pilot on his first solo landing.  The student had two dual flights that day and was released for a supervised solo landing at the airport for runway 2. It was reported by witnesses, the airplane bounced twice and then nosed into the runway, resulting in a nose gear collapse and a bent propeller.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53095](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53095-2018-02-26), registration cancelled 2018-02-26, S/N 172S9275, built 2002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-L2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (registry code 41597, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S9275
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-L2A reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Epic Aviation
- Registered owner: J & L Aviation Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: KEVB, New Smyrna, FL
- Destination: New Smyrna, FL
- Airport: KEVB, New Smyrna Beach Municipal, runway 2, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 24; student; medical: class 3; flight hours: 22 total, 13 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 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 20061119024989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061119024989A), Nov 19, 2006: Cessna 172S, New Smyrnabeach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was a student pilot on his first solo, first landing. He had two dual flights that day and was released for a supervised solo at new Smyrna…

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.

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