Cessna 172N N5437J

Summary

On 9 November 2005 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N5437J was involved in an accident near Arlington, Texas, 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

9 November 2005 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Arlington, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Arlington Municipal Airport (GKY)

Coordinates

32.6581, -97.0897

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N5437J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Arlington → Arlington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW06CA030

Nobody was injured.

The students improper recovery from a bounced landing. A contributing factor was the pilots excessive airspeed on final approach.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 47-hour student pilot was on her first supervised solo flight. While on the downwind leg for Runway 16, she observed another aircraft ahead on downwind. The student pilot elected to extend her downwind to provide additional spacing with the other aircraft in the traffic pattern. The pilot reported that while on final approach she noted she was too high and the airspeed was excessive. The airplane porpoised after initial touchdown. The pilot compensated by pushing the nose forward causing the airplane to land hard on the nose wheel. The nose strut impacted the runway with enough force to cause structural damage to the engine firewall. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunction prior to the mishap. The winds at the time of the accident were reported as variable at 4 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.