20070310003839A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Kingman, AZ · March 10, 2007

Date
March 10, 2007 · 08:50 local
Place
Kingman, AZ
Airport
Kingman Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N521ER
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA07CA077
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360LYC*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
43 total43 in this make and model17 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 initiated non-stabilized approach, landed hard and subsequently nose gear collapsed causing damage to nose landing gear, propeller and engine firewall.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT INITIATED NON-STABILIZED APPROACH, LANDED HARD AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER AND ENGINE FIREWALL.

NTSB investigation

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