ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292446
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| Date: | Sunday 16 April 2006 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | Wheelers R Flying |
| Registration: | N21527 |
| MSN: | 172S |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1080 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gainsville, Georgia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gainesville-Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport, GA (GVL/KGVL) |
| Gainesville-Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport, GA (GVL/KGVL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot was performing his first solo flight and had completed three takeoffs, landings, and full stops on runway 29. After departing on the fourth takeoff the student pilot noticed clouds near the west, and elected to make his fourth landing final. The student pilot flew a normal left hand traffic pattern for runway 29 and upon turning final noted that " all seemed normal, and maybe a little high in ground effect." The airplane "hit" hard on the runway and then bounced two more times before settling on the ground. The student pilot noticed that the flight controls "did not seem to work right, and the airplane did not sound right". The student stated that he made the " classic mistake of stalling the airplane on landing". The student pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL06CA068
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 08-Oct-2022 18:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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