# Accident 20030830022619A: Cessna 172E, Connellsville, PA, August 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2003, 19:30 local time
- Place: Connellsville, PA
- Airport: Connellsville Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9583° N, 79.6567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9583&lon=-79.6567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5628T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5628T-2003-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 17 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03CA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030830022619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MRS. LISA REINHOLD, STUDENT PILOT, WAS CONDUCTING SUPERVISED SOLO TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS (TOUCH & GOES) IN A CE-172-E, N5628T, FROM RUNWAY 5, AT FAYETTE COUNTY AIRPORT (KVVS). MRS. REINHOLD EXPERIENCED A POWER INTERRUPTION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. THE STUDENT PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF SECONDS AFTER VR. N5628T EXPERIENCED A BOUNCED LANDING FOLLOWED BY AN IMPROPER RECOVERY. AS A RESULT OF THE IMPROPER RECOVERY, THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 210 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 440 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 5. IMPACT GROUND SCARS AND PROPELLER STRIKES WERE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 2808 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 5. RUNWAY 5/23 TOTAL LENGTH IS 3458 FEET. POST IMPACT FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT. MRS. REINHOLD, THE PILOT, EXPERIENCED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR. ROBERT EUGENE REINHOLD, #2007287, WHO WAS SUPERVISING THE PRACTIVE TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS STATED: "THE TAKE OFF WAS NORMAL AND THE CE-172 WAS AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY SIX TO EIGHT FEET WHEN HE HEARD AN ENGINE BACK FIRE THEN A POWER REDUCTION." MR. REINHOLD FURTHER STATED "FUEL ON BOARD WAS 14 GALLONS IN THE LEFT TANK AND 12 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT TANK."

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC03CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03CA185), Aug 30, 2003: Cessna 172E (N5628T), Lemont Furnace, PA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper bounced landing recovery. A factor was the pilot's inadequate flare during the initial touchdown.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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