ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296666
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| Date: | Friday 6 September 2002 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | Skystead Inc. |
| Registration: | N827SP |
| MSN: | 17258740 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1181 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO 360 L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Immokalee, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Naples Airport, FL (APF/KAPF) |
| Immokalee Airport, FL (IMM/KIMM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the student pilot, she departed from runway 09, and at 300 feet above ground level she began "fighting with the yoke" of the airplane. The student pilot stated that she adjusted the trim, but the "nose was up and the airplane was coming down". She squawked 7700 on the transponder, and prepared for a precautionary landing by closing the throttle. The student pilot selected a field in front of her, approximately two miles northeast of the departure end of runway 09. The airplane landed hard, with the nose wheel impacting the ground first, and slid across a wet pasture coming to rest in a pond. The pilot stated that the autopilot circuit breaker had been pulled prior to flight and that she had observed the autopilot run through the preflight checks when electrical power was applied to the aircraft prior to departure. According to the student pilot, she had been instructed during her flight training to pull the circuit breaker prior to each solo flight and not to operate the autopilot at this stage of her training. Examination of the airplane revealed all of the circuit breakers were in the "IN" position. The nose landing gear collapsed aft and to the left, and the engine firewall was damage. The elevator trim was found in a nose up position. A series of tests were conducted to verify operation of the autopilot computer, autopilot circuit breaker, autopilot disconnect switch on the yoke, and the trim switch. The autopilot and its components operated normally during these tests.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper flare at touchdown resulted in a hard landing while performing an off-airport precautionary landing after the inadvertent activation of the autopilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL02LA166
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 09:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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