Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 172P N52807

4 June 2008 · Bremerton, Washington, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 June 2008 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N52807, operated by Wings Aloft, Inc., was involved in an accident near Bremerton, Washington, 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 19:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Bremerton, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Bremerton National Airport (KPWT)
Coordinates
47.4872, -122.7589
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N52807
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bremerton → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX08CA163

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate 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 student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings on his first solo flight. After one successful touch-and-go landing, he made a second approach. He maintained 65 knots, lowered 30 degrees of flaps, and followed the glide path. After the airplane touched down on the main gear, it ballooned and the student pilot applied slight forward pressure on the yoke. The nose gear and propeller struck the ground, and the airplane bounced back into the air. He lost control of the airplane as the nose gear and propeller struck the runway several more times. He braked heavily, and the airplane skidded to the side of the runway before stopping.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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