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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Richland, WA · January 22, 2012

Date
January 22, 2012 · 14:40 local
Place
Richland, WA
Airport
Richland
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N64270
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12CA079
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
32 total32 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The student pilot was performing touch-and-goes on runway 1 and had successfully completed two touch-and-goes prior to the accident. During the last landing, the aircraft landed flat and began to wheelbarrow/porpoise during the roll-out. The pilot was unable to maintain control and the aircraft veered to the left of the runway striking a snow berm. The aircraft flipped over and came to rest upside down along the runway edge. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GOES ON RUNWAY 1 AND HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TWO TOUCH-AND-GOES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. DURING THE LAST LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FLAT AND BEGAN TO WHEELBARROW/PORPOISE DURING THE ROLL-OUT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A SNOW BERM. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ALONG THE RUNWAY EDGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

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