20010425006709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Oklahoma City, OK · April 25, 2001

Date: April 25, 2001 · 13:45 local
Place: Oklahoma City, OK
Airport: Sundance Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N330JE
Reported as: Cessna 172R
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,000 total600 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N330JERegistered now · Cessna 172RS/N 17280299 · Built 1997 Airframe modelCessna 172R Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) At approx. 1400 hours local time, the pilot was acting as PIC of a/c N330JE during a training flight at Sundance airport. The pilot was demonstrating a forward slip to land on runway 17, when on short final the sink rate suddenly increased resulting in a tail low hard landing. The pilot added power becoming airborne and chose to return to will rogers world airport. Examination of the a/c revealed that the bottom tail skin and tail tie down skid was damaged. The vertical stabilizer and rudder had wrinkled skin at the upper and lower hinge points. The horizontal stabilizer lower skins were oil canned.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT APPROX. 1400 HOURS LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT WAS ACTING AS PIC OF A/C N330JE DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT AT SUNDANCE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A FORWARD SLIP TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17, WHEN ON SHORT FINAL THE SINK RATE SUDDENLY INCREASED RESULTING IN A TAIL LOW HARD LANDING. THE PILOT ADDED POWER BECOMING AIRBORNE AND CHOSE TO RETURN TO WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT. EXAMINATION OF THE A/C REVEALED THAT THE BOTTOM TAIL SKIN AND TAIL TIE DOWN SKID WAS DAMAGED. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER HAD WRINKLED SKIN AT THE UPPER AND LOWER HINGE POINTS. THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOWER SKINS WERE OIL CANNED.