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MIA96LA011

1995-10-20 · ORMOND BEACH, Florida, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport OMN

N913AT has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPISTREL DOO AJDOVSCINA VIRUS SW, built 2013), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING AND HIS FAILURE TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE STUDENT PILOT'S HIGH, FAST APPROACH AND HIS MISJUDGMENT OF THE FLARE DURING LANDING.

Factual narrative

On October 20, 1995, about 1430 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172Q, registered to Sheltair Daytona Beach, Inc., was substantially damaged while landing at the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, Ormond Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The student pilot was not injured. The flight originated about 1323 from the Daytona Beach Regional Airport, Daytona Beach, Florida. The pilot stated that the flight entered the traffic pattern on the downwind leg, turned base then final. While on final approach the flight was high and the airspeed was fast. The airplane then touched down, bounced, began to porpoise, and landed hard collapsing the nose landing gear. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH THE AIRPLANE WAS HIGH AND THE AIRSPEED WAS FAST. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED, PORPOISED, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1995_MIA96LA011.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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