# Accident 19950820041589A: Cessna 172M, Hopedale, MA, August 20, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1995, 17:30 local time
- Place: Hopedale, MA
- Airport: Hopedale Industrial Park Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H4DA
- Location: 42.1065° N, 71.5101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOPEDALE INDUSTRIAL PARK (1B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1065&lon=-71.5101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8885V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8885V-1996-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950820041589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIRST SOLO BOUNCED AND PORPOISED. EXITED RUNWAY. TRIED GO AROUND BUT STRUCK A BUILDING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC95LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA200), Aug 20, 1995: Cessna 172M (N8885V), Hopedale, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: the student pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with a fence and a building.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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