Cessna 172P N172YA

Summary

On 18 May 1999 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N172YA was involved in an accident near Wichita, Kansas, United States. One person was 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

18 May 1999 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Mid-Continent (ICT)

Coordinates

37.6495, -97.4291

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N172YA

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

CHI99LA168

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot stated that she was making a full flap landing when the airplane bounced during the flare. The airplane bounced a second time and on the third bounce the nose wheel contacted the runway. The pilot was able to taxi the airplane off the runway to the ramp where the nose gear, propeller, and firewall damage was discovered. She stated that under the same circumstances again, she would perform a go around instead of trying to land the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.