ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290274
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| Date: | Thursday 30 October 2014 |
| Time: | 07:48 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Adf Airways |
| Registration: | N97277 |
| MSN: | 17276172 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13239 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Miami, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Miami Executive Airport, FL (TMB/KTMB) |
| Miami Executive Airport, FL (TMB/KTMB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot had performed three uneventful landings with his instructor on board; his certified flight instructor later stated that the student, "… performed way above the standards needed to show me he would be safe during solo flight." While flying solo for the first time, the student performed one uneventful touch-and-go landing and remained in the traffic pattern for runway 9R. With a calm wind, the student pilot reported that the approach was normal; however, the landing was harder than normal. He continued the takeoff roll for another touch-and-go landing but reported hearing a weird sound. He added power, and believe that was the moment when the nose landing gear tire deflated. He then felt a, "strange movement and I felt the nose falling." He reduced power to abort the takeoff and then heard and felt something touching the floor. After coming to rest he contacted the air traffic control tower and reported what occurred.
Postaccident inspection of the airplane by several FAA inspectors revealed the wings, upper fuselage, cabin, tail, main landing gear, primary flight controls, engine, and engine mount were intact. The nose landing gear inner cylinder was pushed up through the upper housing, and the firewall was damaged on the left, right, and aft sides of the nose landing gear mount. The upper quadrant of the firewall also exhibited a seven inch buckle. Following recovery of the airplane, the engine was started and found to operate normally. The operator also reported that the cabin floor was bent.
Probable Cause: The failure of the student pilot to achieve a proper touchdown during a touch-and-go landing resulting in a hard landing and substantial damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA15CA038
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 May 1996 | N97277 | Private | 0 | Winston-salem, NC | |
sub |
| 9 November 2015 | N97277 | 0 | Miami, Florida | |
sub | |
| Heavy landing | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 06-Oct-2022 13:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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