Cessna 172 N5321A

Summary

On 8 November 2021 at about 21:05 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5321A was involved in an accident near Madison, Mississippi, 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

8 November 2021 at 21:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Madison, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Bruce Campbell Fld (MBO)

Coordinates

32.4405, -90.1033

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5321A

Category

Airplane

Year built

2003

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA056

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control following a bounced 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 while practicing solo touch-and-go landings in calm wind and on his second approach to landing, the approach was higher and faster than normal, and the airplane bounced “hard.” She continued to attempt to land the airplane rather than perform a go-around and bounced a second time significantly harder. The airplane climbed momentarily, stalled, pitched nose down, and impacted the runway hard. The nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to a stop. The engine firewall and tunnel structure aft of the firewall sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported that due to her “lack of experience” she did not immediately know how to correct the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.