ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 286397
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| Date: | Friday 11 December 2009 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N172BJ |
| MSN: | 17264243 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pearland, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Houston-Pearland Regional Airport, TX (KLVJ) |
| Houston-Pearland Regional Airport, TX (KLVJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot stated that he was performing a short-field landing to runway 14 during his flight examination. Approximately 50 feet above ground level it was apparent to the pilot that he was not going to land on his intended touchdown point, and the flight examiner in the right seat directed the pilot to go around. The student pilot applied full power, however the airplane landed hard before becoming airborne again. The flight examiner took over the flight controls and successfully landed the airplane. An examination of the airplane revealed that the the nose gear was bent and that the firewall and fuselage skin aft of the nose gear was wrinkled. The pilot and examiner were not injured. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane and that weather was not a factor.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to control the airplane's descent rate during the short-field landing, resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight examiner's delayed response.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN10CA075
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 December 2012 | N172BJ | Dutch Wings Flight School | 0 | Near Houston Southwest Airport - KAXH, TX | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Oct-2022 10:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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