Cessna 172S N3554Y

Summary

On 13 August 2004 at about 20:53 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N3554Y, operated by Flight School Hawaii, was involved in an accident near Honolulu, Hawaii, 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

13 August 2004 at 20:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Honolulu International Airport (PHNL)

Coordinates

21.3186, -157.9222

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N3554Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight School Hawaii

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kapolei → Honolulu

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX04CA290

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's misjudged flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Also causal was the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and pilot induced porpoise and failure to maintain directional control on the landing roll, which resulted in the nose gear collapsing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane experienced a hard landing, porpoised, and veered off the runway. The student pilot was attempting to land. During the landing flare, the airplane touched down hard and bounced back into the air. The airplane continued to bounce down the runway, veering to the right. On the third bounce the nose gear collapsed and the airplane continued to the right, off the runway, coming to rest on a grass median. The student pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.