ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284929
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 May 2007 |
| Time: | 14:55 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | Montgomery County Aviation |
| Registration: | N924LP |
| MSN: | 172S9204 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2145 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Asheville, North Carolina -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lynchburg Regional Airport, VA (LYH/KLYH) |
| Asheville Regional Airport, NC (AVL/KAVL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, since the Cessna 172 was "high," he adjusted the flight controls for a "rapid" descent, and intercepted the visual glideslope on short final. At that point, the flaps were fully deployed, and the throttle at idle. Once over the runway, the pilot flared too "high," the airplane landed hard, and bounced about four times with each bounce becoming more "violent." On the last bounce, the airplane touched down nosewheel first, and the propeller struck the runway. The pilot added that there were no problems with the airplane, and that the runway was twice as long, and twice as wide as his home runway, causing him to initiate the landing flare too high.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing. A factor in the accident was the visual illusion experienced by the pilot from landing on a long, wide runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC07CA116
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Oct-2022 15:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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