# NTSB MIA84LA236: Cessna 172, N737LZ, Winter Haven, FL, August 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1984, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Location: 28.0222° N, 81.7329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winter Haven, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0222&lon=-81.7329&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31181
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31181/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA236

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, dual student (cause)
  - terrain condition - water,glassy (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, dual student (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED ON GLASSY WATER IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND NOSED OVER. THE CFI WHO WAS CHECKING OUT AN APPLICANT FOR A SEAPLANE RATING SAID HE WAS PREPARING TO CALL FOR OR ACTUALLY PULLED THE NOSE UP AS THE ACFT FLOATS HIT THE WATER AND WENT UNDER. ACCORDING TO THE CFI THE WATER HAD ABRUPTLY CHANGED TO A GLASSY CONDITION AS THEY FLARED FOR THE LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N737LZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737LZ), registered now, S/N 17269513, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17269513
- Airframe hours: 3206
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jack Brown'S Seaplane Base
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 7, 1984, 10 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 25,625 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAL, 15 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 19840822045219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840822045219A), Aug 22, 1984: Cessna 172N, Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Float plane touched down nose low and flipped over in water during landing.

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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