ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138913
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| Date: | Monday 5 September 2011 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | University Of North Dakota |
| Registration: | N548ND |
| MSN: | 172S11050 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1095 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bemidji, MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Grand Forks, ND (GFK) |
| Bemidji, MN (BJI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot reported that the airplane ballooned during the flare and then dropped hard onto the runway, resulting in a hard landing. The airplane bounced three times before the student pilot initiated a go-around and landed uneventfully. The postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed that the firewall sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported that the airplane did not have a mechanical or system failure prior to the accident.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20110906X64626&key=1
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N548ND
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KBJI
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 July 2012 | N548ND | University Of North Dakota | 0 | Grand Forks, North Dakota | |
sub |
| Heavy landing | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2011 09:19 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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