Hard landing Accident Cessna 172P N64204,
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Date:Monday 20 April 2009
Time:07:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C172 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 172P
Owner/operator:Wollard Aviation Inc.
Registration: N64204
MSN: 17275534
Year of manufacture:1981
Total airframe hrs:14015 hours
Engine model:Lycoming O-320 SERIES
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Livermore, California -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Livermore Airport, CA (LVK/KLVK)
Destination airport:Livermore Airport, CA (LVK/KLVK)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The student pilot was performing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings on his second supervised solo flight. The airplane landed hard, and bounced back into the air. The pilot added power and released back pressure on the yoke, which resulted in the airplane impacting the runway on the nose landing gear. The forward fuselage and firewall were substantially damaged.

Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: WPR09CA209
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 3 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB WPR09CA209

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 August 2010 N64204 Ahart Aviation 0 San Jose, California sub
20 January 2018 N64204 Private 0 Cloverdale, CA sub
Loss of control

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Revision history:

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