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Cessna 172M N4410R

10 March 2002 · Tucson, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 March 2002 at about 00:25 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N4410R was involved in an accident near Tucson, Arizona, 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.

The record

Date
at 00:25
Classification
Accident
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport
Tucson International Airport (KTUS)
Coordinates
32.1158, -110.9408
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N4410R
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Casa Grande → Tucson
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX02LA106

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the pilot's misjudged landing flare and improper bounced landing recovery.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane bounced on landing and entered a porpoise, damaging the firewall. The pilot reported that she flared high. The airplane landed hard and bounced. Instead of aborting the landing, she pulled back on the yoke, and the airplane began to porpoise. The airplane bounced off the nose gear about two more times before stopping.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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