Cessna 172 N734AY

Summary

On 19 January 2019 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N734AY, operated by Pilot Training Center, was involved in an accident near Miami, 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

19 January 2019 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Miami Executive (TMB)

Coordinates

25.6475, -80.4333

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N734AY

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Pilot Training Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Punta Gorda

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA122

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to control the airplane's speed and direction during the approach, which resulted in landing long, a runway excursion, and impact with a windsock.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that, during a solo cross-country flight, she landed with a crosswind from the right without flaps. During landing, the airplane's airspeed was fast, so she aborted the landing. However, her airplane was "very close" to another airplane in front of her and that pilot had also aborted their landing. She decided to continue the landing but landed long. She then tried to exit the runway at the last available intersection, but the airplane ran off the left side of the runway, and the left wing impacted a windsock. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.