ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177641
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| Date: | Thursday 20 May 2004 |
| Time: | 20:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna R172K |
| Owner/operator: | A & E Flying Club of Los Angeles Inc. |
| Registration: | N758ND |
| MSN: | R1723221 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4215 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360-KB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hawthorne, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hawthorne, CA (KHHR) |
| Hawthorne, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane landed hard during night conditions. The pilot said that he flared the airplane higher than normal. The airplane stalled about 10 feet above ground level, and the nose of the airplane to rapidly dropped, resulting in the nose wheel impacting the runway surface hard. The pilot had accumulated a total of 3.5 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
Probable Cause: the pilot's misjudged flare and failure to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in a stall and hard landing. Factors in the accident were the night conditions and the pilot's lack of familiarity in the make and model of airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040616X00822&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2015 17:43 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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