20050810033749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna R172E · Patuxent River, MD · August 10, 2005

Date
August 10, 2005 · 13:00 local
Place
Patuxent River, MD
Airport
Patuxent River Nas/Trapnell Fi
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7880N
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC05CA132
Reported as
Cessna R172E
Reported engine
Continental IO360CONT
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total300 in this make and model36 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) Student pilot entered pilot induced oscillations which caused a hard landing. Prop tips curled 3 inches and firewall was distorted from landing gear loads.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ENTERED PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATIONS WHICH CAUSED A HARD LANDING. PROP TIPS CURLED 3 INCHES AND FIREWALL WAS DISTORTED FROM LANDING GEAR LOADS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.