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FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Albuquerque, NM · June 18, 2000

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Date
June 18, 2000 · 11:10 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Airport
Double Eagle II Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N738WE
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
47 total47 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days
N738WERegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17270288 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On June 18, 2000 at 1115 MDT, Cessna 172N, N738WE, was substantially damaged following a loss of control during landing at Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, NM. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight which originated approx. 30 minutes before the accident. (.4)on June 18, 2000, at 1110 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N738WE, was substantially damaged following loss of control during landing at Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, new Mexico. The student pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. The airplane was being operated by west mesa aviation, Albuquerque, new Mexico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight that originated approximately 15 minutes before the accident. No flight plan had been filed. The student pilot, on his second solo, said that he encountered a downdraft, and landed hard. The airplane bounced into the air and then landed hard a second time. The airplane then oscillated back and forth in a porpoise like fashion. Subsequently, the nose landing gear was broken off and the firewall WA s buckled.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2000 AT 1115 MDT, CESSNA 172N, N738WE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING AT DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NM. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED APPROX. 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. (.4)ON JUNE 18, 2000, AT 1110 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N738WE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING AT DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY WEST MESA AVIATION, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE STUDENT PILOT, ON HIS SECOND SOLO, SAID THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT, AND LANDED HARD. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AND THEN LANDED HARD A SECOND TIME. THE AIRPLANE THEN OSCILLATED BACK AND FORTH IN A PORPOISE LIKE FASHION. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF AND THE FIREWALL WA S BUCKLED.