Cessna 172R N26499

Summary

On 16 November 2015 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N26499, operated by Empire Aviation and Leasing LLC, was involved in an accident near Westminster, Maryland, 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.

Date

16 November 2015 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Westminster, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poa (DMW)

Coordinates

39.6083, -77.0075

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N26499

Category

Airplane

Year built

1999

Engines

1

Operator

Empire Aviation and Leasing LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Westminster → Westminster

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA16CA059

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the landing, 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

The flight instructor reported that during landing, the student pilot landed the airplane on its main landing gear, the airplane bounced, and then landed flat on the main landing gear and nose wheel at the same time. At the end of the instructional lesson, the airplane landed at the flight school without further incident. A hard landing was reported to the maintenance department and a postflight inspection revealed substantial damage to the firewall. The flight instructor reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.