Cessna 162 N165JA

Summary

On 30 October 2014 at about 21:15 local time, a Cessna 162 registered N165JA, operated by J.a. Flight Services, LLC, was involved in an accident near Hinckley, Illinois, 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

30 October 2014 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Hinckley, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Hinckley (0C2)

Coordinates

41.7736, -88.7056

Aircraft

Cessna 162

Registration

N165JA

Category

Airplane

Year built

2010

Engines

1

Operator

J.a. Flight Services, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hinckley → Hinckley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN15CA037

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's relaxing of elevator back pressure during the landing roll that induced a porpoise, loss of control, and collapsing of the nose wheel.

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

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The airplane touched down, became airborne, touched down again nose first, bounced, and became airborne again. On the third touchdown, the nose wheel collapsed and the airplane skidded to a halt on the runway's centerline. This was the student pilot's first solo.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.