Cessna 172R N984WU
28 May 2015 · Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 May 2015 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N984WU, operated by Moore Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 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 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Beaver County (BVI)
- Coordinates
- 40.7725, -80.3914
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172R
- Registration
- N984WU
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1998
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Moore Aviation Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Meadville → Beaver Falls
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA15CA119
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain airplane attitude control during the landing, resulting in a hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot reported that upon the conclusion of his cross-country solo flight, the airplane landed hard and the nose wheel tire lost pressure. A post-accident inspection revealed substantial damage to the firewall. The student pilot reported that there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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