ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290169
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| Date: | Monday 4 March 2013 |
| Time: | 18:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Kentucky University |
| Registration: | N89847 |
| MSN: | 17276014 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10060 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bardstown, Kentucky -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Richmond, KY (I39) |
| Bardstown-Samuels Field, KY (BRY/KBRY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the student pilot, who was on his first solo cross-country flight, wind at the destination airport was from 120 degrees at 6 knots, so he chose to land on runway 20. Abeam the intended point of landing, the student pilot reduced power, added 10 degrees of flaps, and obtained the desired descent airspeed. He maintained that airspeed on the base leg, and, turning onto final, noted that the airplane was high. The student pilot then lowered the flaps completely while continuing to maintain the desired approach airspeed. The student pilot stated that, shortly afterward, the airplane 'ballooned,†and then 'dropped immediately†and impacted the runway in a nose-low attitude. He reported that the stall warning horn sounded from "slightly before†the airplane 'ballooned†until it impacted the runway. The student pilot did not report any preexisting preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Postflight examinations revealed a collapsed nose landing gear and firewall damage.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's improper flare during a crosswind landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA13CA154
History of this aircraft
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| 6 May 2016 | N89847 | Eastern Kentucky University | 0 | Richmond, Kentucky | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 06-Oct-2022 11:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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