Cessna 172N N9315E

Summary

On 29 August 1996 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N9315E, operated by Gene E. Schlimmer, was involved in an accident near Auburn, California, 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

29 August 1996 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Auburn, California, United States

Nearest airport

Auburn Municipal (AUN)

Coordinates

38.9201, -121.0698

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N9315E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gene E. Schlimmer

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lompoc → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX96LA324

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's misjudged landing flare and improper bounced landing recovery. A contributing factor was his lack of recent flying experience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, at the conclusion of his 2.5-hour-long flight he entered the traffic pattern and observed that the airplane was slightly high. On final approach, he believed that the airplane was slightly low, so he reduced the landing flaps to the 10-degree setting. He then realized that he had misjudged his altitude and was, in fact, high. The pilot further reported that he misjudged the airplane's rate of descent, which he characterized as excessive, and the airplane touched down hard on the runway. Thereafter, the airplane bounced, recontacted the runway, bounced again, and came to rest with a collapsed nose gear strut and bent firewall. The pilot had received a biennial flight review the morning of the accident flight. Prior to the BFR, he had not flown an airplane in 2 years.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.