- Date
- October 11, 1994, 13:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Indiantown, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5415RCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941011034569A
- Case key
- 37685
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Probable cause
The improper landing flare by the pilot resulting in the hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that on his third touch-and-go landing he reduced power in the flare and the airplane landed hard on the soft, wet, sod runway. The nose gear collapsed and the fuselage split aft of the cockpit.
Factual narrative
On October 11, 1994, about 1305 eastern daylight time, N5415R, a Cessna 172F, registered to Kent Aviation Group, crashed on landing at Indiantown Marion, Airport, Indiantown, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The pilot received minor injuries, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated from North County Airport about 45 minutes earlier.
The pilot stated that he had accomplished about three touch- and-go landings. On the last landing he stated he reduced the power in the flare and the airplane landed hard on the soft sod runway. The nose gear failed and the airplane fuselage broke aft of the cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5415R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52957
- Airframe hours
- 3,826
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D6, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kent Aviation Group
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1994 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- F45 · West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport
- X58 · Indiantown, runway 13, 6,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 55 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 19 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.