20010107000159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Concord, NH · January 7, 2001

Date
January 7, 2001 · 11:00 local
Place
Concord, NH
Airport
Concord Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54931
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD01LA024
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
423 total69 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot was conducting flight instrucion with a student and was simulating an engine-out condition. The a/c landed approx. 1/4 down the runway on snow covered ice. Pilot reported no braking and slid off the end of the runway and flipped over. After landing the pilot was informed that the weather reported as 8 knot tailwind. (.4) the flight instructor and student pilot departed from runway 35, which was covered with patches of snow and ice, and climbed to 1,200 feet before leveling the airplane. The flight instructor then instructed the student pilot to perform a simulated engine failure approach and landing. The student pilot turned the airplane 270 degrees and prepared for a landing on runway 12. The airplane touched down about half-way down the 3,200 foot-long runway, and bounced back into the air. The flight instructor then took the controls and landed on the snow covered runway. The airplane touched down about 3/4 of the way down the runway, and as the flight instructor stepped on the brakes, the airplane skid into a snowbank and nosed over. Both pilots reported there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. The winds r eported at the time of the accident were from 320 degrees at 8 knots.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCION WITH A STUDENT AND WAS SIMULATING AN ENGINE-OUT CONDITION. THE A/C LANDED APPROX. 1/4 DOWN THE RUNWAY ON SNOW COVERED ICE. PILOT REPORTED NO BRAKING AND SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WEATHER REPORTED AS 8 KNOT TAILWIND. (.4) THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 35, WHICH WAS COVERED WITH PATCHES OF SNOW AND ICE, AND CLIMBED TO 1,200 FEET BEFORE LEVELING THE AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT PILOT TO PERFORM A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE APPROACH AND LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT TURNED THE AIRPLANE 270 DEGREES AND PREPARED FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 12. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT HALF-WAY DOWN THE 3,200 FOOT-LONG RUNWAY, AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK THE CONTROLS AND LANDED ON THE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, AND AS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, THE AIRPLANE SKID INTO A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE. THE WINDS R EPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM 320 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS.

NTSB investigation

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