Cessna 172S N1403R

Summary

On 2 August 2023 at about 10:15 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N1403R, operated by Wayman Aviation Academy, was involved in an accident near Clewiston, Florida, United States. 2 people were 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

2 August 2023 at 10:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Clewiston, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Clewiston (2IS)

Coordinates

26.4400, -81.0300

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N1403R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Wayman Aviation Academy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hollywood Airport → Clewiston Airport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

CEN23LA354

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing on the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the student pilot.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and student pilot were practicing short field landings when the student pilot landed hard on the nose landing gear. The flight instructor took control of the airplane and performed a touch-and-go. The flight instructor held the nose landing gear off the ground on the full stop landing; however, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane veered off the runway and into the grass. Post flight examination revealed buckling and wrinkling of the lower fuselage. The examination of the airplane found no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations. The flight instructor reported that the student pilot was low on the approach, but the flight instructor did not intervene because the student pilot was going to take his private pilot checkride later that day and could perform short field landings. Neither the flight instructor nor the student pilot returned the National Transportation Safety Board 6120.1 Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.