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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Calera, AL · August 4, 2009

Date
August 4, 2009 · 16:30 local
Place
Calera, AL
Airport
Shelby County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2110Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA443
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
23 total23 in this make and model3 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.

First solo flight: total flight time: 23.1 hours, total time in aircraft: 23.1 hours, 3.4 hours in last 30 days. Student pilot attempting first solo landing touched down at mid field (2500') bounced twice, then re-applied power to gain directional control. Aircraft torqued left (p factor), pilot reduced power and continued a roll out to the left off the runway impacting an embankment, collapsing the nose landing gear, became airborne (3-6' for 30'), re-impacted the cross taxi way, then continued on to the aircrafts final resting place 150' from cross taxi way. Aircraft sustained substantial damage to the nose gear, propeller, and lower forward portions of the airframe.

As the FAA filed it

FIRST SOLO FLIGHT: TOTAL FLIGHT TIME: 23.1 HOURS, TOTAL TIME IN AIRCRAFT: 23.1 HOURS, 3.4 HOURS IN LAST 30 DAYS. STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTING FIRST SOLO LANDING TOUCHED DOWN AT MID FIELD (2500') BOUNCED TWICE, THEN RE-APPLIED POWER TO GAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT TORQUED LEFT (P FACTOR), PILOT REDUCED POWER AND CONTINUED A ROLL OUT TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY IMPACTING AN EMBANKMENT, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, BECAME AIRBORNE (3-6' FOR 30'), RE-IMPACTED THE CROSS TAXI WAY, THEN CONTINUED ON TO THE AIRCRAFTS FINAL RESTING PLACE 150' FROM CROSS TAXI WAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, AND LOWER FORWARD PORTIONS OF THE AIRFRAME.

NTSB investigation

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