20050811024579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Zeeland, MI · August 11, 2005

Date
August 11, 2005 · 10:00 local
Place
Zeeland, MI
Airport
Ottawa Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N632FA
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI05LA227
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
69 total53 in this make and model15 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 on local solo flight on second landing hit on nose wheel and damaged firewall and bottom aircraft structure forward of main landing gear attach points.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT ON SECOND LANDING HIT ON NOSE WHEEL AND DAMAGED FIREWALL AND BOTTOM AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE FORWARD OF MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINTS.

NTSB investigation

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