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Cessna 172 N72TN

28 February 2010 · Davis, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 February 2010 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N72TN was involved in an accident near Davis, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were 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 16:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Davis, Oklahoma, United States
Nearest airport
Crazy Horse Municipal Airport (97F)
Coordinates
34.5411, -97.1050
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N72TN
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Davis → Davis
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CEN10CA132

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The flight instructor’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 flight instructor was demonstrating a landing to the student when the airplane landed “very hard”, bounced once and then landed on the nose gear. The flight instructor immediately shut down the engine and discovered the control yoke was jammed in the full aft position. The hard landing caused substantial damage to the forward firewall and the lower forward fuselage which jammed the elevator control mechanism. The two occupants were not injured and immediately exited the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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