Cessna 172R N5253B

Summary

On 11 May 2012 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N5253B, operated by ATP USA, was involved in an accident near Immokalee, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 May 2012 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Immokalee, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Immokalee Regional Airport (IMM)

Coordinates

26.4336, -81.4014

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N5253B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

ATP USA

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Immokalee → Immokalee

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12CA330

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot demonstrated three successful touch-and-go landings. After the third touch-and-go landing, the flight instructor deplaned, and the student pilot successfully performed eight solo touch-and-go landings on the same runway. The student pilot reported that while he was on final approach for the ninth solo touch-and-go landing, he heard the pilot of a helicopter announce the intention to fly over the landing runway. The student pilot announced that he had the helicopter in sight and advised of his intention to perform a touch-and-go landing on the runway. The student pilot landed and said he then applied full throttle before retracting the flaps. The airplane started to drift to the left and the right wing lifted, so the student pilot reduced the power to idle and applied aft control yoke then waited for the airplane to come to rest. The flight instructor reported seeing the helicopter fly over the airplane while it was on the runway during the landing roll. The flight instructor also noted that the student pilot had not retracted the flaps and saw the airplane veer sharply to the left and then cart wheel, coming to rest upright. The operator reported there was no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction of the airplane. Postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed damage to the firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.