Cessna 172P N54729

Summary

On 4 November 2000 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N54729 was involved in an accident near Inverness, 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

4 November 2000 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Inverness, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Inverness (X40)

Coordinates

28.8144, -82.3164

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N54729

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Orlando → Inverness

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA01LA024

Nobody was injured.

a loss of directional control on landing due to the pilot's failure to execute a proper flare and recovery from the resultant bounced landing, causing the airplane to depart the runway, enter the uneven grass infield, and sustain a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student was conducting a landing to Inverness' runway 19, and after 2 balked landing attempts due to excessive airspeed, his third attempt resulted in a bounced landing and an excursion off the right runway edge. The airplane continued through the infield grass until encountering a depression that caused the propeller and nose landing gear to dig into the earth, resulting in a noseover. There were no mechanical defects with the airplane, precrash, and the student was not injured.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.