ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174889
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 2004 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N734AT |
| MSN: | 17268708 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Easton, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Easton, MD (ESN) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot was conducting supervised solo flights. While landing, he "accidentally" struck the runway with the propeller. The airplane was then taxied to the ramp area, and secured. According to the student pilot's flight instructor, who was supervising the solo flights, the airplane appeared to flare too high and began to porpoise.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040310X00305&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 July 2008 | N734AT | Navy Annapolis Flight Center | 0 | Edgewater, Maryland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2015 14:58 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:41 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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