# Accident 20000618011809A: Cessna 172N, Albuquerque, NM, June 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2000, 11:10 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Double Eagle II Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1449° N, 106.7952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1449&lon=-106.7952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738WE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000618011809A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

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