ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365116
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| Date: | Sunday 16 June 1991 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172J |
| Owner/operator: | Corporate Aircraft Service |
| Registration: | N9885J |
| MSN: | 17273948 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rifle, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT FLARED HIS AIRCRAFT AND LANDED HARD. THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. ON THE NEXT LANDING, DURING ROLL OUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD A TOTAL FLIGHT TIME OF 27 HOURS, OF WHICH 5 HOURS WERE LOGGED AS SOLO IN THE CESSNA 172.
Probable Cause: THE STUDENT PILOT IMPROPERLY FLARED THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN91LA085
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 February 2003 | N9885J | Corporate Air Services | 2 | ELY, NV | |
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| 20-Mar-2024 06:50 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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