Cessna 172 N8103E

Summary

On 10 May 2008 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N8103E was involved in an accident near Big Timber, Montana, 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

10 May 2008 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Big Timber Airport (6S0)

Coordinates

45.8067, -109.9817

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N8103E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Livingston → Big Timber

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA08CA132

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during landing which resulted in a stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot had finished his flight lesson and was returning solo to his departure airport. He observed the windsock and noted that the wind was directly down the runway at approximately 15 to 20 knots. The pilot said that as he entered the flare, he was slow and the left wing stalled, then dropped, and, the left wing and main landing gear touched the runway. The student pilot applied power and the airplane ended up approximately 90 degrees to the runway and 8 feet above ground level, off of the runway surface. The left wing then collided with the windsock pole and sustained substantial damage. No mechanical anomalies were noted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.