Cessna 172S N789EP

Summary

On 1 July 2011 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N789EP, operated by Brett Aviation, was involved in an accident near Cambridge, Maryland, 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

1 July 2011 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Cambridge, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Cambridge - Dorchester Airport (CGE)

Coordinates

38.5369, -76.0247

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N789EP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Brett Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baltimore → Cambridge

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11CA408

Nobody was injured.

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 stated that she was completing her first solo cross-country flight. She landed the airplane on its main landing gear but it bounced. She then decreased the pitch of the airplane's nose, resulting in the nosewheel touching down independently of the main landing gear. The airplane's nosewheel strut broke loose from its attachments and was driven into the engine compartment, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. She was able to keep the airplane on the runway during the entire landing sequence and roll. She taxied the airplane off of the runway and did not report any mechanical anomalies with the aircraft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.