ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287026
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Date: | Friday 24 April 2009 |
Time: | 10:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172N |
Owner/operator: | Moore County Airport Authority |
Registration: | N500TC |
MSN: | 17268188 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5031 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pinehurst, North Carolina -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport, NC (SOP/KSOP) |
Destination airport: | Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport, NC (SOP/KSOP) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The student pilot reported that while on a solo flight during a normal approach to landing, the airplane was a "little fast" as he settled onto runway 23. The airplane bounced, and the pilot pitched the nose down to land. The propeller struck the runway and the airplane sustained structural damage to the firewall and tail tie-down. The winds reported at the airport about the time of the accident were from 220 degrees at 7 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ERA09CA278 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ERA09CA278
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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