ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356937
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| Date: | Friday 2 August 1996 |
| Time: | 20:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172K |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N78108 |
| MSN: | 17257485 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4127 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nikiski, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK (MRI) |
| (L-3A) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported the airplane was approximately 50 to 75 feet above the runway, just entering the landing flare, when the airplane suddenly dropped and landed hard. The airplane bounced twice, collapsing the nose gear and the left main landing gear, and then nosed over. The pilot estimated the surface wind as a quartering headwind at 10 to 15 knots. He believes that he had sufficient airspeed prior to the sudden sinking of the airplane, and thinks he may have encountered windshear.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor was the windshear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC96LA112
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 12:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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