ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284381
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| Date: | Saturday 25 August 2007 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Manassas Aviation Center, Inc |
| Registration: | N733BS |
| MSN: | 17268173 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Manassas, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Manassas Regional-Harry P. Davis Field, VA (MNZ/KHEF) |
| Manassas Regional-Harry P. Davis Field, VA (MNZ/KHEF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the student pilot's certified flight instructor (CFI), the student pilot was training under the United Stated Marine Corps Introductory Flight Screening Program, prior to attending the Naval Flight School at Pensacola, Florida. The student pilot reported to the CFI that he was making his third solo flight, in the traffic pattern and that the airplane bounced several times while he was attempting to land and that he had landed hard on the nose wheel, busting the tire. Inspection of the airplane revealed the tire had burst, the nose gear wheel was broken and the propeller had struck the runway. A Chief CFI at another flight school on the field advised that he had observed the incident. He stated that the student porpoised several times, making no apparent attempt to recover. The student pilot left the airport and returned to his barracks at Quantico. He met with the administrators of the Introductory Flight Screening program and advised them that he had been nervous during all flights and had decided flying was not for him. He dropped himself from the program. On October 2, 2007, further inspection of the airplane revealed that there was damage to the airplane's firewall.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to correct for a pilot-induced oscillation/porpoise, during flare/touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL07CA132
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 2009 | N733BS | Manassas Aviation Center | 0 | Manassas, VA | |
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| Runway excursion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 15:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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