Cessna 172R N9525V

Summary

On 27 January 2002 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N9525V was involved in an accident near Richmond, Virginia, 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

27 January 2002 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Chesterfield County (FCI)

Coordinates

37.3909, -77.5902

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N9525V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charlottesville → Richmond

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC02LA053

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor in the accident was the pilot improper flare.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student was returning from her first cross-country solo flight. After entering the traffic pattern and turning final, the student slowed the airplane to approximately 65 to 70 knots, and selected 30 degrees of flaps. While concentrating on her descent angle, airspeed, and centerline alignment, the student did not flare the airplane properly. The airplane touched down hard, bounced back into the air, and then touched down three more times. The student does not remember pushing the yoke forward during any of the bounces, but felt the airplane may have touched down nose wheel first. The propeller, the nose wheel assembly, and the engine firewall were all damaged during the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.