ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386075
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Date: | Monday 2 April 2001 |
Time: | 18:49 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172S |
Owner/operator: | Surface To Air |
Registration: | N669SP |
MSN: | 172S8622 |
Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Long Beach, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Long Beach Airport, CA (LGB/KLGB) |
Destination airport: | Long Beach Airport, CA (LGB/KLGB) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The student pilot landed hard, veered to the right of the runway, and stuck a taxiway sign with the lower portion of the left wing strut. The pilot, on his fifth solo flight, had been approved by his flight instructor to practice landing-pattern work. Winds at the time of the accident were from 160 degrees at 9 knots.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the exisiting crosswind and his improper landing flare that resulted in a hard landing, and loss of directional control during the landing roll.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX01LA137 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX01LA137
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 April 2004 |
N669SP |
California Flight Center |
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Long Beach, CA |
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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