ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291181
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| Date: | Saturday 1 October 2016 |
| Time: | 18:08 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Fxe Flight Center Corp |
| Registration: | N497SJ |
| MSN: | 172S8497 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2410 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) |
| Punta Gorda-Charlotte County Airport, FL (PGD/KPGD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Shortly after departing on the local flight, the pilot noticed that the engine oil temperature indicated 245°, or redline, and the engine began to run roughly. The pilot contacted air traffic control and requested to return to the airport. The controller cleared the pilot to land and advised of the wind conditions. Upon touchdown, the airplane bounced and came to rest on the runway, resulting in substantial damage.
On-scene examination revealed damage consistent with the airplane impacting the runway on the nose landing gear. Examination of the engine revealed that the vernatherm had failed, which would have resulted in elevated engine oil temperature; however, there were no other engine anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The conditions at the time of the accident included a 50° crosswind between 7 and 14 knots. The airplane's published maximum crosswind component was 15 knots.
The circumstances of the accident are consistent with the pilot's improper landing flare while landing in gusting, crosswind conditions, which resulted in the nose landing gear contacting the runway and its subsequent collapse.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a nose landing gear collapse.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA17LA026
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 May 2018 | N497SJ | Private | 0 | Orlando, FL | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 07-Oct-2022 10:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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