Cessna 172S N22467

Summary

On 6 April 2021 at about 17:20 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N22467, operated by Eagle Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Orangeburg, South Carolina, 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

6 April 2021 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Orangeburg Muni (OGB)

Coordinates

33.4569, -80.8594

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N22467

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

1

Operator

Eagle Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbia → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA180

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced 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 student pilot reported that he was conducting a solo cross-country flight and during the first landing, the approach was fast, the airplane porpoised twice, and touched down hard. He added power on the second bounce and the airplane began to fly again but was too far down the runway to land. There was an intersecting runway to the right, so he turned slightly and landed on that runway. Once the nose landing gear contacted the runway it collapsed, the airplane veered to the right, and then came to rest off the right side of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The student pilot 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.