Cessna 172P N97650

Summary

On 29 July 2006 at about 13:45 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N97650 was involved in an accident near Poughkeepsie, New York, 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

29 July 2006 at 13:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Coordinates

41.6264, -73.8842

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N97650

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

White Plains → Poughkeepsie

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC06CA189

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's improper flare and failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was conducting his first solo flight, and was on approach to land on runway 24, a 5,001-foot-long, asphalt runway. He reported that the airplane touched down a little harder than he expected, bounced, and began to porpoise. The airplane subsequently came to a stop on the runway; however, the firewall, and nose landing gear were substantially damaged. The student pilot reported that he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane, and he had accumulated about 45 hours of total flight time. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 240 degrees at 6 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.