Cessna 172 N3795L

Summary

On 2 May 1996 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N3795L was involved in an accident near Fairbanks, Alaska, 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

2 May 1996 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Fairbanks International (FAI)

Coordinates

64.8093, -147.7195

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N3795L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC96LA074

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's premature flare and the flight instructor's failure to perform remedial action prior to the hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and student were practicing soft field landings. The instructor stated that the student flared the airplane too high during a landing, The airplane landed hard on all three wheels simultaneously. After the flight's termination, the student performed the post flight walk around inspection. The instructor did not perform the walk around with the student. The next flight instructor, during the taxi/run up, found that the flight controls would not move through their entire range of travel. Subsequent examination of the airplane showed that the firewall was bent and restricted the forward motion of the control yoke.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.