ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353276
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| Date: | Thursday 27 May 1999 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Crest Airpark Inc. |
| Registration: | N5120D |
| MSN: | 17272427 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7241 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Covington, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Covington, WA (S36) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The solo student pilot, who reported his total time as 70 hours (including about 40 hours in make and model) reported he dropped in and bounced his landing, and was unable to get the airplane back onto the 3,002-foot-long runway by the halfway point. He then attempted a go-around, but failed to clear trees off the departure end of the runway. The student pilot reported no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved. An FAA inspector who examined the airplane after the accident found the airplane's flaps extended about 30 to 32 degrees; the balked landing procedure for the aircraft specifies that flaps be set to 20 degrees immediately upon initiation of a balked landing, then set to 10 degrees until obstacles are cleared.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, and his subsequent improper execution of the go-around procedure, resulting in collision with trees off the departure end of the runway. Factors included the student pilot's lack of total experience, and trees off the departure end.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA99LA077
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 12:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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