Cessna 172 N5181A

Summary

On 26 October 2007 at about 14:45 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5181A was involved in an accident near Stillwater, Oklahoma, 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

26 October 2007 at 14:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Stillwater Muni (SWO)

Coordinates

36.1611, -97.0856

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5181A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pauls Valley → Stillwater

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW08CA021

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 28-hour student pilot landed hard and encountered a porpoise while performing a touch-and-go landing on Runway 35. The pilot reported that on this approach, he had been instructed to follow a twin-engine airplane on final approach and he maintained a final approach speed that was 10 knots higher than normal. The airplane landed hard, bounced, and the airplane entered porpoise, touching down several times. During one of the landings, the airplane pivoted enough to allow the propeller to contact the runway. In the completed NTSB Form 6120 provided by the student pilot, he recommended that to prevent further accidents, ATC controllers should not place student pilots between faster aircraft in the traffic pattern, where the student pilots may feel rushed. The pilot also recommended additional training in straight-in approaches. The winds at the time of the mishap were reported from 060 degrees at 3 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.