Cessna 172 N172PA

Summary

On 10 November 2008 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N172PA was involved in an accident near Gulf Shores, Alabama, 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 November 2008 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Jack Edwards Airport (JKA)

Coordinates

30.2894, -87.5067

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N172PA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gulf Shores → Gulf Shores

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA058

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper flare during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot of the Cessna 172N, while completing touch-and-go landings, the airplane bounced on the first landing. She took off again and completed another "loop" in the pattern. The pilot returned to land at the airport a second time, which was "very smooth." She taxied the airplane back to the hangar, shut down the engine, exited the airplane, and saw the propeller was bent a "small amount." The pilot was unaware of the propeller strike; she did not hear or see anything abnormal during the second takeoff and landing. An examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed wrinkling of the lower firewall and fuselage skin, and both propeller blades bent aft, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.