# NTSB NYC08CA187: Cessna 172SP, N513JG, Homestead, FL, May 7, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 7, 2008, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Coordinates: 25.499166, -80.556945
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4992&lon=-80.5569&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC08CA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68058/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=68058
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA187

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 99 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 206 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172S, 102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072439), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The certificated flight instructor and student pilot were performing touch-and-go landings in a Cessna 172SP. The airplane made "hard contact" with the runway during a landing attempt. The student pilot immediately applied full power and aborted the landing. The flight instructor and student then continued to their home airport, where they landed uneventfully. Subsequent examination of the airplane revealed that the firewall and landing gear were substantially damaged.

## Factual narrative

The certificated flight instructor and student pilot were performing touch and go landings in a Cessna 172SP. According to the flight instructor, the airplane made "hard contact" with the runway during a landing attempt. The student pilot immediately applied full power and aborted the landing. The flight instructor and student then continued to their home airport, where they landed uneventfully. Subsequent examination of the airplane revealed that the firewall and landing gear were substantially damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N513JG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N513JG-2011-07-05), registration cancelled 2011-07-05, S/N 172S9692, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172SP
- 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: 172S9692
- Airframe hours: 1889
- Engines: Textron Lycoming IO-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Dean International, Inc.
- Registered owner: Guarch Airways, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 1, 2008
- Departed: TMB, Miami, FL
- Destination: X51, Homestead, FL
- Airport: X51, Homestead, runway 09, 2,997 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 38; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 2; seat: right; flight hours: 2,182 total, 127 in this make and model, 1,952 as pilot in command, 144 in the last 90 days, 48 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours
- Student pilot; age 22; injuries: none; student; medical: unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 57 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Observed at: TMB, 11 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 20080507836259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080507836259A), May 7, 2008: Cessna 172S, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted](flight instructor) was training student, [privacy data omitted] (student pilot) with a short approach maneuver at the homestead…

## Other investigations on N513JG (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA05CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA156), Sep 13, 2005: Cessna 172-S (N513JG), Kendall-Tamiami, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing which resulted in damage to the airplane.

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 11, 2008, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=68058. 1.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (CFI) (item 1, .PDF, 614 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40296008&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%20(CFI)-Redacted.PDF
- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (Student) (item 2, .PDF, 603 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40296009&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%20(Student)-Redacted.PDF
- Meteorology 5 - Attachment 1 (item 3, .PDF, 101 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40295802&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Meteorology%205%20-%20Attachment%201-Master.PDF

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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