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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Prescott, AZ · October 31, 2000

Date: October 31, 2000 · 16:38 local
Place: Prescott, AZ
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N272ER
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 420 total290 in this make and model100 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.

(-23) During the landing flare the student,privacy data omitted was too high. The instructor,privacy data omitted told the student to go around. The student did not respond until the instructor told him a second time. When full power was applied the student brought the nose up above the critical angle of attack. The instructor stated he had the controls and then noticed the student had frozen on the contols and had not let go. The instructor was able to get the nose down but not in time to prevent a hard landing. The left main struck first and then the left wing tip scraped the runway. The airplane departed the runway to the left and was stopped in the grass by the instructor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE STUDENT,^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS TOO HIGH. THE INSTRUCTOR,^PRIVACY DATA ^ TOLD THE STUDENT TO GO AROUND. THE STUDENT DID NOT RESPOND UNTIL THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD HIM A SECOND TIME.WHEN FULL POWER WAS APPLIED THE STUDENT BROUGHT THE NOSE UP ABOVE THE CRITICAL ANGLE OF ATTACK. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED HE HAD THE CONTROLS AND THEN NOTICED THE STUDENT HAD FROZEN ON THE CONTOLS AND HAD NOT LET GO. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO GET THE NOSE DOWN BUT NOT IN TIME TO PREVENT A HARD LANDING. THE LEFT MAIN STRUCK FIRST AND THEN THE LEFT WING TIP SCRAPED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND WAS STOPPED IN THE GRASS BY THE INSTRUCTOR.