# Accident 20060729025619A: Cessna 172P, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 29, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2006, 09:45 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Y88S
- Location: 41.6264° N, 73.8842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6264&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97650, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060729025619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FIRST SOLO FOR A PART 141 SCHOOL STUDENT WHO WAS ALLOWED TO DEPART KHPN AND FLY, UNSUPERVISED, 35NM TO KPOU FOR LANDINGS. (JUDGED A CAPABLE STUDENT, BY POLICY, HE WAS ENDORSED FOR BOTH "SOLO" AND "CROSS COUNTRY"). ON FIRST APPROACH, AIRMAN LANDED "FLAT", BOUNCED ONCE, BALLOONED AND PORPOISED RESULTING IN MINOR PROP STRIKE AND EXTENSIVE NOSE GEAR, FIRE WALL, PROP, AND UNDER BELLY DAMAGE. DESPITE ACCIDENT DAMAGE, A/C WAS TECHNICALLY NOT AIRWORTHY WITH SEVERAL DISCREPANCIES.

## 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 NYC06CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA189), Jul 29, 2006: Cessna 172P (N97650), Poughkeepsie, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare and failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N97650 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210405005029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210405005029I), Apr 5, 2021: Cessna 172P (N97650), Sanford, FL, No damage. Orlando, FL (sfb): N97650, C172, landed runway 09R and veered northbound off the runway into the grass. Aircraft taxied to the ramp. POB: 1, injuries: none,…
- [Accident 19940323008339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940323008339A), Mar 23, 1994: Cessna 172P (N97650), Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Drifted off runway on crosswind landing. Left main gear collapsed.
- [Accident 19910802031469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910802031469A), Aug 2, 1991: Cessna 172P (N97650), Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Lost control landing. Gusty crosswind blew aircraft off runway. Collided with a ditch.

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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