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FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Van Nuys, CA · August 28, 2003

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Date
August 28, 2003 · 13:20 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N63788
Reported as
Cessna 172P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total36 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days
N63788Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2011 · Cessna 172PS/N 17275483 · Built 1981Airframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The student pilot was performing his first series of solo flights. The pilot had already performed two successful take-off and landings on runway 16R. The pilot had completed his third take-off from runway 16, and was attempting to land on runway 16L, when he flared the aircraft slightly high, which resulted in bouncing the aircraft. The pilot then decided to initiate a go-around procedure, during which he started to lose directional control, and the airplane was veering off to the left of the runway. The airplane touched down on the ground, went through some grass, and across the taxiway. The airplane became airborne, came back down on the ground, and started to veer towards the right slightly. The airplane struck the west facing side of an industrial building that is located on the airport. The left hand wing tip hit the building first, then about twenty feet farther down, the left hand side of the engine cowling hit the building, and the airplane came to rest about 20 feet farther down from where the engine cowling hit the building.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING HIS FIRST SERIES OF SOLO FLIGHTS. THE PILOT HAD ALREADY PERFORMED TWO SUCCESSFUL TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 16R. THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED HIS THIRD TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 16, AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 16L, WHEN HE FLARED THE AIRCRAFT SLIGHTLY HIGH, WHICH RESULTED IN BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE, DURING WHICH HE STARTED TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS VEERING OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE GROUND, WENT THROUGH SOME GRASS, AND ACROSS THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE, CAME BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND, AND STARTED TO VEER TOWARDS THE RIGHT SLIGHTLY. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE WEST FACING SIDE OF AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THAT IS LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT. THE LEFT HAND WING TIP HIT THE BUILDING FIRST, THEN ABOUT TWENTY FEET FARTHER DOWN, THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING HIT THE BUILDING, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ABOUT 20 FEET FARTHER DOWN FROM WHERE THE ENGINE COWLING HIT THE BUILDING.

Other reports on N63788 · 1

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