Cessna 172 N803BW
29 March 2018 · New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 March 2018 at about 13:35 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N803BW, operated by Bridgewater State University, was involved in an accident near New Bedford, Massachusetts, 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 13:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
- Nearest airport
- New Bedford Rgnl (EWB)
- Coordinates
- 41.6769, -70.9586
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N803BW
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1999
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Bridgewater State University
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Bedford → New Bedford
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA199
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to maintain a proper landing flare, which resulted in a porpoised 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, during a solo flight, as he flared for landing, the airplane "hit" the runway hard. He added that the airplane porpoised about 7 or 8 times before settling on the runway. He then taxied the airplane to the parking ramp with no further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The chief flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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