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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Georgetown, TX · May 10, 1998

Date
May 10, 1998 · 11:45 local
Place
Georgetown, TX
Airport
Georgetown Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N99570
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98LA212
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,270 total1,000 in this make and model105 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student held extreme nose high altitude on takeoff, stalling and landing hard instructor took controls too late. (-23) instructor & student practicing soft field take off. Student stalled aircraft, instructor attempted to recover with power & control input, but was too late. Aircraft bounced hard once or twice and struck the ground adjacent to the runway. The aircraft ended up about 65 ft. from the runway damaging prop, collapsing nose gear, damaging engine mount and firewall. There is substantial damage to the tail, wing and empennage.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT HELD EXTREME NOSE HIGH ALTITUDE ON TAKEOFF, STALLING AND LANDING HARD INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS TOO LATE. (-23) INSTRUCTOR & STUDENT PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF. STUDENT STALLED AIRCRAFT, INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER WITH POWER & CONTROL INPUT, BUT WAS TOO LATE. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD ONCE OR TWICE AND STRUCK THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ABOUT 65 FT. FROM THE RUNWAY DAMAGING PROP, COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR, DAMAGING ENGINE MOUNT AND FIREWALL. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL, WING AND EMPENNAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.