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Cessna 172S N521JD

2 February 2005 · Coalinga, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 February 2005 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N521JD was involved in an accident near Coalinga, California, United States. 2 people were 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 23:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Coalinga, California, United States
Nearest airport
Harris Ranch Airport (3O8)
Coordinates
36.2478, -120.2375
Aircraft
Cessna 172S
Registration
N521JD
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bakersfield → Coalinga
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX05CA082

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to abort the landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane encountered soft soil and nosed over during a landing overrun. The pilot said he touched down beyond the threshold and the airplane bounced once. By the time the pilot had recovered from the bounce and the airplane was in the landing rollout, the pilot determined that insufficient runway remained to stop the airplane. He elected not to perform an aborted landing due to the short runway and continued braking efforts. The airplane overran the end of the runway and the nose landing gear encountered soft dirt. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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