# Accident 20100430049499A: Cessna 172R, April 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2010, 12:00 local time
- Airport: Langley Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LFUS
- Location: 37.0764° N, 76.3564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0764&lon=-76.3564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429FF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N429FF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 57 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA512](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA512) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100430049499A

## Narrative

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

*NOTE:  BOX 31 REGULATORY CHECK RIDE DATE IS STUDENT PILOT'S FIRST SOLO.AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.  STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A BUCKLED ENGINE FIREWALL AND BUCKLED FLOORBOARDS.  PILOT WAS A STUDENT PILOT AT THE TIME IN TRAINING FOR PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND HAS SINCE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE; THEREFORE, NO CORRECTIVE ACTION OTHER THAN COUNSELING WAS TAKEN.

## 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 ERA10CA512](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA512), Apr 30, 2010: Cessna 172R (N429FF), Hampton, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate landing flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the student’s decision to land with a tailwind.

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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