ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366871
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Date: | Thursday 31 May 1990 |
Time: | 08:25 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172P |
Owner/operator: | Delta Associates, Inc |
Registration: | N51706 |
MSN: | 17274339 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2178 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D2J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Chesterfield, VA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Chesterfield, VA (W98 |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE ON APPROACH DURING THE FIFTH TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT NOTED A RAPID SINK RATE AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. HE ADDED POWER TO ARREST THE RATE OF DESCENT AND NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. HE THEN RAISED THE FLAPS TO 10 DEGREES AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND IT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. THE STUDENT PILOT'S LOGBOOK INDICATED THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR OVER THREE MONTHS.
Probable Cause: THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY ALIGNMENT.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO90LA051 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB BFO90LA051
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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