20101028054999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Whitehouse Stat, NJ · October 28, 2010

Date
October 28, 2010 · 16:00 local
Place
Whitehouse Stat, NJ
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54371
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
647 total450 in this make and model200 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.

Landing practice using paved RUNWAY22 at solberg. Winds changed; excessive cross wind on rnwy 22. Instructor and student choose to switch to grass runway 31 for more favorable winds. On the second pattern bounced firmly with the aircraft becoming airbourn agian, at which time the aircraft bleed off airspeed further. Instructor called for power once, student added only a little, instructor called for power a second time. Then instructor reached for power as aircraft impacted the ground. Instructor pulled mixture and turned off master. Evacuated the airplane to evaluate the damage.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING PRACTICE USING PAVED RUNWAY22 AT SOLBERG. WINDS CHANGED; EXCESSIVE CROSS WIND ON RNWY 22. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT CHOOSE TO SWITCH TO GRASS RUNWAY 31 FOR MORE FAVORABLE WINDS. ON THE SECOND PATTERN BOUNCED FIRMLY WITH THE AIRCRAFT BECOMING AIRBOURN AGIAN, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT BLEED OFF AIRSPEED FURTHER. INSTRUCTOR CALLED FOR POWER ONCE, STUDENT ADDED ONLY A LITTLE, INSTRUCTOR CALLED FOR POWER A SECOND TIME. THEN INSTRUCTOR REACHED FOR POWER AS AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. INSTRUCTOR PULLED MIXTURE AND TURNED OFF MASTER. EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE TO EVALUATE THE DAMAGE.

Other reports on N54371 · 1

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