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Cessna 172P N64204

20 April 2009 · Livermore, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 April 2009 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N64204, operated by Wollard Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Livermore, California, 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 15:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Livermore, California, United States
Nearest airport
Livermore Municipal Airport (LVK)
Coordinates
37.6894, -121.8189
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N64204
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Wollard Aviation Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Livermore → Livermore
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
WPR09CA209

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilot’s improper 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 performing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings on his second supervised solo flight. The airplane landed hard, and bounced back into the air. The pilot added power and released back pressure on the yoke, which resulted in the airplane impacting the runway on the nose landing gear. The forward fuselage and firewall were substantially damaged.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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