20100321030619A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Farmingdale, NY · March 21, 2010

Date
March 21, 2010 · 12:25 local
Place
Farmingdale, NY
Airport
Republic
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1895A
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA10CA192
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
36 total36 in this make and model7 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.

The student pilot landed with excess air speed which resulted in an aerodynamic bounce. The pilot's control inputs induced increasing oscillations (porpoising). The landing resulted in damage to the aircraft firewall, floor structure and external sheet metal.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED WITH EXCESS AIR SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN AERODYNAMIC BOUNCE. THE PILOT'S CONTROL INPUTS INDUCED INCREASING OSCILLATIONS (PORPOISING). THE LANDING RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FIREWALL, FLOOR STRUCTURE AND EXTERNAL SHEET METAL.

NTSB investigation

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