Cessna 172P N62283

Summary

On 14 February 2008 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N62283 was involved in an accident near Gainesville, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 February 2008 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV)

Coordinates

29.6944, -82.2750

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N62283

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sanford → Gainesville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC08CA103

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot of the Cessna 172P stated that he was conducting a solo cross-country flight. After entering the airport traffic pattern on the downwind leg, he configured the airplane for landing and reduced the engine power to idle on the final leg of the approach. During the landing, the airplane "porpoised and landed hard" resulting in damage to the nose landing gear, propeller, and firewall. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.