Cessna 172R N53417
17 March 2008 · Batavia, Ohio, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 March 2008 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N53417 was involved in an accident near Batavia, Ohio, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 16:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Batavia, Ohio, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.0704, -84.1791
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172R
- Registration
- N53417
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Batavia → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI08CA091
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare and her inadequate recovery from the bounced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot stated that she was practicing touch-and-goes on runway 4 (3,568 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) as part of a solo instructional flight when the accident occurred. She noted that the winds were variable and gusty, and it was "choppy" in the pattern. The accident occurred on what was to be the final landing for the day. The pilot reported that the airplane was established on final approach about 65 knots. The airplane was slightly low, but she did not feel the need to correct the glide path. The airplane touched down and its nose suddenly turned to the left. As the nose went to the left, the airplane bounced. She "gently lowered the nose, but the plane bounced again and again." Her efforts to regain control were not successful and the airplane ultimately came to rest in a grass area to the left side of the runway. The nose landing gear collapsed during the accident sequence. A post accident inspection did not reveal any anomalies consistent with a pre-impact failure or malfunction. Archived weather information was not available for the accident airport. Winds recorded at an airport about 10 miles north of the accident airport were from 110 degrees at 9 knots. The pilot reported a total flight time of 97.5 hours. She had accumulated a total of 5.8 hours as pilot-in-command (PIC) and 2.3 hours as PIC in the same make and model aircraft.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug 2008 | Cessna 172 | Pastaza, Ecuador | - | Serious injuries | - |
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| 30 Jul 2008 | Cessna 172 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | Flight School Hawaii, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 3 May 2008 | Cessna 172M | Dixie, Idaho, United States | Anthony Maniglia | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 2008 | Cessna 172S | Stevensville, Maryland, United States | Chesapeake ProFlight, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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