# NTSB Accident ATL02LA013
> **Cessna 172S** · 2001-11-11 · Sarasota, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL02LA013
- **Event ID:** 20011116X02249
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-11-11
- **Location:** Sarasota, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.397222, -82.556945
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172S
- **Registration:** N24485
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The operators failure to ensure adequate training had been provided to the student pilot in autopilot operations, and the student pilot's failure to comply/ follow written instructions (Federal Regulations/172 Skyhawk Information Manual) pertaining to the failure of the autopilot, autopilot trim, or manual electric trim malfunction. This resulted in a reported failure of the autopilot trim to disconnect on initial takeoff for undetermined reasons, loss of aircraft control on landing (porpoise),  and subsequent hard landing on the nose gear.

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