Cessna 172P N99087

Summary

On 24 March 2012 at about 17:15 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N99087, operated by Civil Air Patrol Inc, was involved in an accident near Brooksville, Florida, United States. 3 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.

Date

24 March 2012 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Brooksville, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Hernando County Airport (BKV)

Coordinates

28.4736, -82.4556

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N99087

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Civil Air Patrol Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tampa → Brooksville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12LA259

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

An airport ramp employee reported observing the airplane "porpoise" three times during the landing, followed by a tail strike, which he saw and heard. The pilot performed a go-around and remained in the traffic pattern for a full stop landing. The ramp employee observed the pilot and his passengers leave the airplane without performing an external inspection. During postaccident interviews, the pilot who was flying the airplane reported that he was performing a touch-and-go landing and bounced once during the initial touchdown. He stated that he did not land hard or experience a tail strike. The damage to the cabin floor, the engine firewall, and the tail strike bar was discovered later in the day by another pilot preparing to fly the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.